Inflation and Bank Profits: Monetary Policy Trade-offs

Katharina Bergant, Mai Hakamada, Divya Kirti and Rui Mano

No 2025/001, IMF Staff Discussion Notes from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Given the recent surge in inflation and the resulting sharp monetary tightening, this note asks whether bank profits are exposed to inflation. While most banks tend to match income and expense exposures, 5 and 8 percent of banks in Advanced Economies (AE) and Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDE), respectively, are vulnerable to changes in inflation and interest rates due to differences in risk management practices and business structures, with 3 and 6 percent of AE and EMDE banks, respectively, at least as exposed as Silicon Valley Bank at the onset of its failure. If losses at individual banks leave room for wider panics—despite needed improvements in bank regulation and supervision and other ex ante measures—central banks may need to weigh raising rates to contain inflation against the potential for financial instability.

Keywords: Inflation; Bank profitability; Monetary policy; Financial stability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38
Date: 2025-02-13
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