Capital Controls, Domestic Macroprudential Policy and the Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Policy
Andrea Fabiani,
Martha López,
Jose-Luis Peydro and
Paul E. Soto
Borradores de Economia from Banco de la Republica de Colombia
Abstract:
We study how capital controls and domestic macroprudential policy tame credit supply booms, respectively targeting foreign and domestic bank debt. For identification, we exploit the simultaneous introduction of capital controls on foreign exchange (FX) debt inflows and an increase of reserve requirements on domestic bank deposits in Colombia during a strong credit boom, as well as credit registry and bank balance sheet data. Our results suggest that first, an increase in the local monetary policy rate, raising the interest rate spread with the United States, allows more FX-indebted banks to carry trade cheap FX funds with more expensive peso lending, especially toward riskier, opaque firms. Capital controls tax FX debt and break the carry trade. Second, the increase in reserve requirements on domestic deposits directly reduces credit supply, and more so for riskier, opaque firms, rather than enhances the transmission of monetary rates on credit supply. Importantly, different banks finance credit in the boom with either domestic or foreign (FX) financing. Hence, capital controls and domestic macroprudential policy complementarily mitigate the boom and the associated risk-taking through two distinct channels. **** RESUMEN: Estudiamos cómo los controles de capital y la política macroprudencial doméstica controlan el auge de la oferta de crédito, específicamente la deuda bancaria local y extranjera. Para lograr identificación, aprovechamos los datos del registro de crédito y los balances de los bancos, y la introducción simultánea de controles de capital en las entradas de deuda en moneda extranjera y un aumento de los requerimientos de reserva sobre los depósitos bancarios nacionales en Colombia durante un fuerte auge de crédito. Nuestros resultados sugieren que, en primer lugar, un aumento en la tasa de política monetaria local, que eleva la diferencial de la tasa de interés con Estados Unidos, permite que más bancos endeudados en moneda extranjera realicen operaciones con fondos cambiarios baratos con préstamos en pesos más caros, especialmente hacia empresas opacas y más riesgosas. Los controles de capitales gravan la deuda en moneda extranjera y rompen el carry trade. En segundo lugar, el aumento de los requerimientos de reserva sobre los depósitos internos reduce directamente la oferta de crédito, y más aún para las empresas opacas y más riesgosas, en lugar de mejorar la transmisión de las tasas monetarias sobre la oferta de crédito. Es importante destacar que diferentes bancos financian el crédito durante el auge con financiación nacional o extranjera. Por lo tanto, los controles de capital y la política macroprudencial interna mitigan de manera complementaria el auge y la asunción de riesgos asociada a través de dos canales distintos.
Keywords: Capital controls; Macroprudential and monetary policy; Carry trade; Credit supply; Risk-taking; Controles de capital; políticas macroprudencial y monetaria; Carry trade; oferta de crédito; toma de riesgo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E52 E58 F34 F38 G21 G28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68
Date: 2021-06
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