Credit Supply in Venezuela: A Non-Conventional Bank Lending Channel?

This paper evaluates whether fiscal and foreign exchange policy shocks canexplain both credit and credit supply in Venezuela. Empirical evidence suggests that between 65 and 90 percent of credit growth is linked to the buildup of banks' deposits caused by the monetary effects of fiscal expansions. For these cases, since credit is provided at equal or reduced interest rates, credit supply takes place. Loan supply can occur either endogenously, when fiscal domestic spending increases with expansionary aggregate supply shocks, or exogenously, when fiscal policy shocks emerge. The role of exogenous fiscal shocks in accounting for credit supply is preponderant in the long run. This evidence suggests fiscal shocks represent a non-conventional bank lending channel. Because this exogenous fiscally-triggered credit supply does not significantly contribute to boosting real activity, its major cost might be associated with high credit volatility.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Ana María Chirinos-Leañez
Format:	Working Papers biblioteca
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Fiscal Policy, Foreign Exchange, Interest Rate, Public Expenditure, C32 - Time-Series Models • Dynamic Quantile Regressions • Dynamic Treatment Effect Models • Diffusion Processes • State Space Models E5 - Monetary Policy Central Banking and the Supply of Money and Credit, E63 - Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy • Stabilization • Treasury Policy, Bank loans;bank lending channel,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011796 https://publications.iadb.org/en/credit-supply-venezuela-non-conventional-bank-lending-channel
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