Ways to regulate bank liquidity by managing assets and liabilities

Insufficient level of liquid funds in banking activity is the main reason for its financial difficulties and, accordingly, the appearance of a shortage of payment funds. The article describes various methods of liquidity management. One of them is the optimal placement of your own and equivalent funds. The method requires maintaining a certain level of highly liquid assets. This method is used by banks in an undeveloped financial market. The second method of managing liquidity is to regulate the volume and structure of liabilities, which are secured by attracting external loans. This method is used by large banks. The article notes that each of these methods has liquidity management tools. In foreign countries, assets are classified into primary and secondary reserves. Secondary reserves are a complement to primary. The article shows that a large amount of money on deposit accounts of commercial banks can lead to rampant inflation. To regulate the money supply, the Central Bank conducts a policy of credit expansion or credit restriction. The authors note, a more effective tool is an increase or decrease in the base rate (discount), the use of which reduces or increases the excess reserves of banks and their ability to create new money. The participation of the Central Bank in the open market for the purchase and sale of securities, the establishment of minimum reserve requirements for commercial banks also allows you to reduce or increase the creation of new deposits. The authors show that the regulation of commercial banks' liquidity management methods maximizes revenue and minimizes banking services.

Credit Restriction or Economic Growth?

At the end of 2018 — the very beginning of 2019 Russia faced negative consequences of the economic measures that took place in 2018, such as the retirement age rising, tightening sanctions against Russia, VAT rising which caused increased inflation expectations of people. The Bank of Russia increased the key rate in response. All these measures lead to decrease of domestic demand, and not stimulate economic growth. The article examines the possibility of using the monetary policy method of credit restriction to fulfil the presidential act to stimulate economic growth.

Understanding Cash Sharing: A Sustainability Model

Traditionally, corporate treasury management has been strategically based on the idea of advancing collections and delaying payments, which has been regulated through the intermediation of financial entities using, for example, credit accounts. New technologies applied to the financial field facilitate direct interaction between companies and reduce the transaction costs, because they allow adjustment of the flows of needs, but high confidence is required. The current ease of access to credit does not promote the incorporation of new financial relationship systems, but the operation of these systems should be studied, since a future credit restriction, like that known in Europe at the end of the 2000s, could change the situation. The aim of this paper was to identify the factors involved in this relationship among companies and establish the main conditions for cash sharing between companies to achieve a successful financial function. The investigation is based on a Delphi analysis used to analyze the successful experiences of shared cash (Mondragon Corporation, Trocobuy, and Arboribus), the needed variables, and their context. Then, our model was created from that exploratory knowledge. Our model is called mutual cash holding and its relevance and reliability were contrasted using structural equations based on a questionnaire administered to financial managers of large- and medium-sized Spanish companies. The result generates knowledge that articulates a new collaborative tool that expands the possibilities for treasury management among companies.

The restructuring of the Spanish banking system: analysis of the efficiency of financial entities

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the performance of Spanish banking entities between 2009 and 2013, a period marked by the reform of the banking system with a large number of mergers and integrations. Design/methodology/approach First, efficiency is measured applying the data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodology and, then, the Malmquist index is calculated to assess its evolution. Findings The results show that most of the entities have improved their performance from the production approach. However, from the intermediation approach, the efficiency of the sample has deteriorated, which raises questions about the sustainability of the traditional banking business when the current credit restriction strategy is long lasting. Practical implications The comparative analysis demonstrates that, after the deep reforms carried out in Spain, the banking entities maintain similar efficiency rankings to those they had at the beginning of the period analysed. This shows that the reform has created new groups that operate adequately, avoiding the closing of institutions. Despite the better rationalisation of the available resources, the outlook for Spanish banks remains unclear in the current macroeconomic context, which does not favour the banking business. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature on the Spanish banking system because it adds new empirical evidence about its restructuring and it applies a DEA model to a sample before and after mergers. The authors discuss theoretical and managerial implications and offer suggestions for future research on this field.

LIQUIDITY LIMITATION INFLUENCE ON INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES’ INVESTMENTS IN INVESTIGATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY

Scientific investigations and development of new technologies (ID) benefit society more than the profit the innovator derives. Thus innovation research key point is spillover effect consideration: as far as the other firms will also get off-the-shelf technology access (probably with temporary lag), innovator-enterprise doesn’t receive all the profit from the performed ID. Consequently, a lot of companies are inclined to limit investments in ID, particularly in case of liquidity shortage.The article presents the results of investigation of liquidity limitation influence on the companies’ decision to invest in ID, the amount of investment and the effectiveness of innovative activity. Hard liquidity limitation happens to be, when the company doesn’t have access on capital markets (for example, in connection with financial downfall or property shortage for credit loan guarantee), soft – where feasible to obtain credit, but loanable funds price is higher than profitability of its activity. The direct indicator of credit restriction is used for analyzing, and the economic model which determines interrelation between companies’ decision to invest in ID, the amount of these investments and the effectiveness of innovative activity. Obtained results demonstrate that restrictive financial indicator has positive significant connection with the companies’ decision to invest in ID, and doesn’t influence the amount of these investments in case of positive decision. Thus far from every industrial company decide to invest in ID in virtue of liquidity limitation, but for those who invest the amount of investments doesn’t depend on liquidity limitation. It is explained with the fact that availability of own funds is more important than credit possibilities in accepting the companies’ decision of ID investment.Cash effect is also proved, the effect when a big company has great available assets that makes ID and innovations financing easier, and inverse U-dependence is proved between the market level of competition and innovations.It was concluded that small companies and companies of low-tech branches need investments which simplify imitation of off-the-shelf technologies from developed markets but not the ID intensity increasing.

New Evidence About The Relation Between Credit Availability And Investments Contraction During Systemic Banking Crises

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span><p style="margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; text-align: justify; mso-pagination: none;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Economic literature has revealed the existence of some biases in the identification of the linkage between the supply of credit and aggregate output in periods of financial turbulence. From this perspective, when a banking crisis occurs a contraction of credit offered by banks generally happens, accompanied by a slowdown in economic activity. In these circumstances, there are different directions of causality that explain the coexistence of these two fundamental phenomena, the credit contraction and the economic slowdown. Throughout the analysis of 76 episodes of systemic banking crises, we research for the main determinants and effects which interested with different intensity 54 countries, in terms of credit restriction and economic slowdown. Evidence obtained from the analysis, by considering different components of demand and supply of credit during financial crises, lead us to significant findings, supporting the hypothesis that, under specific circumstances, credit contraction during financial crises is more to be ascribed to the reduction of credit demand from household and enterprises, rather than to a voluntary reduction of credit from banks. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span>

Credit Supply and Monetary Policy: Identifying the Bank Balance-Sheet Channel with Loan Applications

We analyze the impact of monetary policy on the supply of bank credit. Monetary policy affects both loan supply and demand, thus making identification a steep challenge. We therefore analyze a novel, supervisory dataset with loan applications from Spain. Accounting for time-varying firm heterogeneity in loan demand, we find that tighter monetary and worse economic conditions substantially reduce loan granting, especially from banks with lower capital or liquidity ratios; responding to applications for the same loan, weak banks are less likely to grant the loan. Finally, firms cannot offset the resultant credit restriction by applying to other banks. (JEL E32, E44, E52, G21, G32)

The First Bank of the United States and the Securities Market Crash of 1792

In 1791 the $10 million capitalization of the First Bank of the United States was vastly greater than the combined capital of all other banks. The Bank had an enormous impact on the economy within two months of opening its doors for business by flooding the market with its discounts and banknotes and then sharply reversing course and curtailing liquidity. Although the added liquidity initially helped push a rising securities market higher, the subsequent drain caused the first U.S. securities market crash by forcing speculators to sell their stocks. Several reasons are analyzed for the Bank's credit restriction.