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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155012603321

Autore

Beaton Kimberly

Titolo

Non-Performing Loans in the ECCU : : Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact / / Kimberly Beaton, Alla Myrvoda, Shernnel Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

1-4755-5573-3

1-4755-5577-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (33 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

MyrvodaAlla

ThompsonShernnel

Disciplina

338.9729

Soggetti

Banks and Banking

Money and Monetary Policy

Industries: Financial Services

Business Fluctuations

Cycles

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Money Supply

Credit

Money Multipliers

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Finance

Banking

Monetary economics

Nonperforming loans

Foreign banks

Loans

Financial institutions

Money

Commercial banks

Banks and banking, Foreign

Banks and banking

Caribbean Area Economic conditions

Grenada



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the determinants of NPLs in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union  (ECCU) and whether a deterioration in asset quality may result in negative feedback  effects from the banking system to economic activity. The results suggest that the  deterioration in asset quality can be attributed to both macroeconomic and bank-specific  factors. Banks with stronger profitability and lower exposure to the construction sector  and household loans tend to have lower NPLs. Further, some evidence indicates that  foreign owned banks systematically have lower NPLs than domestic banks, pointing to the  presence of important differences across bank practices with an impact on asset quality.  Finally, the results emphasize the strength of macrofinancial feedback loops in the ECCU.