Which interest rate scenario is the worst one for a bank? Evidence from a tracking bank approach for German savings and cooperative banks Online publication date: Tue, 09-Sep-2008
by Christoph Memmel
International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance (IJBAAF), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2008
Abstract: Interest income is the most important source of revenue for most banks. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of different interest rate scenarios on the banks' interest income. As we do not know the interest rate sensitivity of real banks, we construct for each bank a portfolio with a similar composition of its assets and liabilities, called 'tracking bank'. We evaluate the effect of 260 historical interest rate shocks on the tracking banks of German savings and cooperative banks. It turns out that a sharp decrease in the steepness of the yield curve has the most negative impact on the banks' interest income.
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