Trade Uncer ade Uncertainty and Bank Cr tainty and Bank Credit Gr edit Growth: E owth: Evidence fr vidence from China om China and the European Union Countries

Nazrul Hazizi Noordin () and Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd. Rasid
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Nazrul Hazizi Noordin: University Malaysia, Malaysia
Mohamed Eskandar Shah Mohd. Rasid: Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.

Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, 2024, vol. 27, issue 2, 299-326

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between trade uncertainty and bank lending using a sample of commercial banks in China and the European Union (EU) countries during the period of heightened trade uncertainty from 2017Q1 to 2021Q3 measured by the World Trade Uncertainty (WTU) index. We show that trade uncertainty slows bank credit growth. We find no significant difference in the lending response to trade uncertainty between Chinese and EU banks. Our additional analyses indicate that the credit-reducing effect of trade uncertainty is stronger for better-capitalised banks and more liquid banks. We also find that trade uncertainty is negatively associated with the growth of different bank funding sources, namely, customer deposits, liabilities, and equity. However, we do not find significant evidence that trade uncertainty affects bank credit risk.

Keywords: Trade uncertainty; Banks; Credit growth; China; European union (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.59091/2460-9196.1961

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