Bank characteristics and stock reactions to federal funds rate target changes

Haiyan Yin and Yang

Applied Financial Economics, 2013, vol. 23, issue 23, 1755-1764

Abstract: This study investigates how bank characteristics affect bank stock reactions to changes in the federal funds rate target. Using a data set of all publicly listed banks of the United States from October 1988 through December 2007, we find that (1) the effect of changes in the federal funds rate target is more pronounced on large banks than on small banks; (2) banks that rely more on nondeposit funding sources are more responsive to such changes; (3) banks with higher capital ratios are less sensitive to unexpected target changes, but when the ratio increases to a certain level, the marginal effect diminishes. We observe that business activity mix does not matter to banks' sensitivity to monetary shocks. This study is among the first to investigate how bank stock sensitivity to monetary shocks is conditional on various bank characteristics.

Date: 2013
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