This study examines the effect of bank-specific and macroeconomic key determinants of Islamic retail banks profitability in Bahrain. It used panel data of six Islamic retail banks from 2013 to 2019, and it employed an explanatory research with secondary financial data. Return on Assets (ROA) and...

Generally, one of the important issues related to currency crises is the output losses caused by these phenomena. In this study, determinants of output losses and particularly the role of the central bank will be evaluated during currency crises. Moreover, the paper tries to investigate the...

This study presents empirical evidence about the determinants of long-term government bond yields for 19 economies of the European Monetary Union (EMU) over the period 1995-2018 within a multivariate panel framework. The fixed effects estimators reveal that the relationship between public debt...

The popularity of inflation targeting has risen in the last decade and the number of countries that adopted inflation targeting as their monetary policy framework surpassed 40 by the end of 2016. This study analyzes whether inflation targeting around the world has been successful in terms of...

We used a time-series cross-section dataset to test several hypotheses pertaining to the role of macroprudential policy instruments in the management of the financial cycle in advanced open economies. The short-run effects are most significant for caps on loan to value and income (LTV and LTI)...

Numerous studies have examined the impact of changes in oil price on economic activities in both developing and developed countries. Yet, studies on the impact of oil price on various sectors of the economy are limited, particularly in Ghana. To contribute to the literature and inform policy...

We contribute new empirical evidence on monetary policy communication and inflation expectations by firms. First, we construct a new indicator of the perceived tone of monetary policy communication that complements traditional indicators of the effective tone. Both have the expected negative...

This paper documents the recent changes in the structure and estimation procedures of the SAMBA model, providing a complete description of the decision problems that each economic agent faces, the first order conditions that solve those problems, and the new techniques employed to estimate the...

By supporting aggregate demand, including by easing financial constraints that affect businesses and house­holds, accommodative monetary policy increased employment during the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath. But, monetary policies that ease financial pressures also reduce necessary...