Interest Rate Determination in Lebanon
| Author/creator | Poddar, Tushar Author |
| Other author | Goswami, Mangal Author |
| Other author | Sole, Juan Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington : International Monetary Fund |
| Description | 20 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Summary | Annotation This paper seeks to understand how interest rates are formed in Lebanon, by focusing on the pass-through from benchmark rates, prevailing liquidity conditions, and the main characteristics of the Lebanese economy, notably its open capital account, fixed exchange rate, high government borrowing requirement, large public debt, and high degree of deposit dollarization. We find that international interest rates are an important element in the determination of interest rates in Lebanon. In particular, the pass-through of global benchmark rates to interest rates on sovereign bonds is about 70 percent. the less-than-complete pass-through could be attributed to a home-bias effect reflecting a relatively stable and dedicated investor base. the study also shows that interest rates in Lebanon are affected by liquidity conditions as well as perceived sovereign risk. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781451908886 |
| ISBN | 1451908881 (E-Book) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00013468 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |