Do foreign banks in India respond to global monetary policy shocks? A SVAR analysis
Studies in Economics and Finance
ISSN: 1086-7376
Article publication date: 25 April 2020
Issue publication date: 7 June 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to examine the role of foreign banks in transmitting global monetary policy shocks to India. Further, the authors try to explore the international bank lending channel and analyze the impact of global monetary policy on Indian macroeconomic variables.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors use a structural break unit root test and structural vector autoregression on monthly data from 1998 to 2018.
Findings
The study finds that the global monetary policy is significantly determining foreign banks’ lending in India; the evidence of a portfolio re-balancing channel in the process of global monetary policy transmission to the Indian economy; the exchange rate is significantly explaining the foreign bank credit dynamism in India; and evidence of international monetary policy spillover to the Indian economy.
Originality/value
This is the first attempt to analyze the role of foreign banks in the transmission of global monetary policy shocks to India, where the literature availability is limited. The finding of ineffective domestic monetary policy on foreign bank lending opens the need for an in-depth and diversified analysis of the role of foreign banks in the transmission of domestic monetary policy.
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Acknowledgements
The earlier version of this paper presented to 13th Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 2019. We are thankful for the comments provided by the reviewers.
Citation
Shareef, A.O. and Prabheesh, K.P. (2021), "Do foreign banks in India respond to global monetary policy shocks? A SVAR analysis", Studies in Economics and Finance, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 303-316. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEF-10-2019-0417
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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