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200 14$aThe Monetary Policy Regime and Banking Spreads in Barbados /$fLaura Valderrama, Wendell Samuel
210  1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2006.
215   $a1 online resource (26 p.)
225 1 $aIMF Working Papers
300   $a"September 2006."
311   $a1-4518-6471-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 21-23).
327   $a""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. STYLIZED FACTS""; ""III. LITERATURE REVIEW ON THE DETERMINATION OF SPREADS""; ""IV. BANK SPREADS AND MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE""; ""V. BANK SPREADS IN THE CARIBBEAN: SOME PRELIMINARY EMPIRICS""; ""VI. ECONOMETRIC ESTIMATION OF BANK SPREADS IN THE CARIBBEAN""; ""VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""DATA SOURCES AND DESCRIPTION""
330 3 $aThe paper analyzes the determinants of banking spreads in Barbados, with a view to identifying the role of the monetary policy regime in explaining high spreads. The paper finds that interest rate spreads for Barbados are higher than would be suggested by its macroeconomic performance. Banking concentration and bank-specific variables, including bank size and provisions for nonperforming loans, do not have an important role in explaining variations in bank spreads. Rather, it appears that monetary policy variables, such as reserve requirements and capital controls, are the most important determinants of spreads.
410  0$aIMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;$vNo. 2006/211
606   $aBanks and banking$zBarbados
606   $aMonetary policy$zBarbados
606   $aInterest rates$zBarbados
606   $aBanks and Banking$2imf
606   $aMoney and Monetary Policy$2imf
606   $aBanks$2imf
606   $aDepository Institutions$2imf
606   $aMicro Finance Institutions$2imf
606   $aMortgages$2imf
606   $aMonetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General$2imf
606   $aInterest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects$2imf
606   $aBanking$2imf
606   $aMonetary economics$2imf
606   $aFinance$2imf
606   $aCredit ratings$2imf
606   $aDeposit rates$2imf
606   $aCommercial banks$2imf
606   $aBank credit$2imf
606   $aBanks and banking$2imf
606   $aInterest rates$2imf
606   $aCredit$2imf
607   $aBarbados$2imf
615  0$aBanks and banking
615  0$aMonetary policy
615  0$aInterest rates
615  7$aBanks and Banking
615  7$aMoney and Monetary Policy
615  7$aBanks
615  7$aDepository Institutions
615  7$aMicro Finance Institutions
615  7$aMortgages
615  7$aMonetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General
615  7$aInterest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects
615  7$aBanking
615  7$aMonetary economics
615  7$aFinance
615  7$aCredit ratings
615  7$aDeposit rates
615  7$aCommercial banks
615  7$aBank credit
615  7$aBanks and banking
615  7$aInterest rates
615  7$aCredit
700   $aValderrama$b Laura$01481162
701   $aSamuel$b Wendell$01472704
712 02$aInternational Monetary Fund.$bWestern Hemisphere Dept.
801  0$bDcWaIMF
906   $aBOOK
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996   $aThe Monetary Policy Regime and Banking Spreads in Barbados$93720961
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