The Impact of Commodity Price Shocks on Banking System Stability in Developing Countries

Nicholas Ngepah, Margarida Liandra Andrade da Silva and Charles Shaaba Saba
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Margarida Liandra Andrade da Silva: Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Charles Shaaba Saba: Auckland Park Kingsway Campus, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa

Economies, 2022, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-23

Abstract: This study examines the impact of commodity price shocks on the banking sector stability of 18 African commodity-exporting economies using an unbalanced panel dataset spanning a 16-year period from 2000–2015. The study on the impact of commodity price shocks on African commodity-exporting economies’ banking sectors was estimated using a panel fixed effects model. The empirical findings indicate that commodity price shocks increase bank credit risk (non-performing loans) and, thus, pose a risk to the banking sector stability of African commodity-exporting economies. The results for the disaggregated shocks reveal that both positive and negative shocks weaken banking sector stability. In addition, commodity price shocks are discovered to decrease credit extension to the private sector, highlighting an additional channel through which the impact of commodity price shocks may be perpetuated to the real economy.

Keywords: commodity price shocks; banking sector stability; panel data; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E F I J O Q (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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