The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia

This study attempts to determine the importance of the banking sector in the monetary transmission process in a developing economy. The study analyzes the Malaysian data focusing on three sample periods: the entire sample period (1989:01-2006:12); the pre-crisis period (1989:01-1996:12); and the po...

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Main Authors: Kassim, Salina, Abdul Majid, M. Shabri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Berkeley Electronic Press 2009
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/11771/1/salina_Kassim_1.pdf
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description This study attempts to determine the importance of the banking sector in the monetary transmission process in a developing economy. The study analyzes the Malaysian data focusing on three sample periods: the entire sample period (1989:01-2006:12); the pre-crisis period (1989:01-1996:12); and the post-crisis period (1999:01-2006:12). To achieve this objective, the study relies on two tests: fi rst, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the impulse response functions and variance decomposition analysis for the short-run relationship among the variables. The fi nding shows that both bank deposits and loans play crucial roles in the monetary transmission process in the economy, suggesting evidence for the money endogeneity theory of post-Keynesian economists. In particular, bank deposits and loans are shown to provide an important link from monetary policy to output. This underscores the importance of ensuring the soundness of banking system as a pre-requisite to economic stability in the absence of such market based tools as market-based actions on exchange rate or interest rates as monetary stabilisation tools.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:117712012-01-04T08:12:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11771/ The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia Kassim, Salina Abdul Majid, M. Shabri HG Finance HG3691 Credit This study attempts to determine the importance of the banking sector in the monetary transmission process in a developing economy. The study analyzes the Malaysian data focusing on three sample periods: the entire sample period (1989:01-2006:12); the pre-crisis period (1989:01-1996:12); and the post-crisis period (1999:01-2006:12). To achieve this objective, the study relies on two tests: fi rst, the auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model for the long-run relationship among the variables and second, the impulse response functions and variance decomposition analysis for the short-run relationship among the variables. The fi nding shows that both bank deposits and loans play crucial roles in the monetary transmission process in the economy, suggesting evidence for the money endogeneity theory of post-Keynesian economists. In particular, bank deposits and loans are shown to provide an important link from monetary policy to output. This underscores the importance of ensuring the soundness of banking system as a pre-requisite to economic stability in the absence of such market based tools as market-based actions on exchange rate or interest rates as monetary stabilisation tools. The Berkeley Electronic Press 2009-01-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11771/1/salina_Kassim_1.pdf Kassim, Salina and Abdul Majid, M. Shabri (2009) The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia. The International Journal of Banking and Finance, 6 (2). pp. 39-57. ISSN 1675-7227 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1056&context=ijbf
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title_short The role of bank loans and deposits in the monetary transmission mechanism in Malaysia
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