The Impact of the Foreign Exchange Market on the Interbank Interest Rates and the Credit Activity of Hungarian Households Cover Image

Oddziaływanie rynku walutowego na poziom stóp procentowych rynku międzybankowego oraz aktywność kredytową węgierskich gospodarstw domowych
The Impact of the Foreign Exchange Market on the Interbank Interest Rates and the Credit Activity of Hungarian Households

Author(s): Jacek Bednarz, Stanisław Gędek
Subject(s): Economy, Financial Markets, Accounting - Business Administration
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: foreign exchange; interbank market; monetary transmission mechanism; monetary policy; household credit

Summary/Abstract: The study attempts to assess the impact of developments in the forint exchange rate against euro on the level of interest rates on the Hungarian interbank market and the observed credit activity of the household sector. The analysis showed the flow of Granger causality sense within the mechanism of monetary transmission from the currency market to the credit activity of Hungarian households, especially in contract periods of more than one year and five years. At the same time, the transmission of information between the forint exchange rate (EUR/HUF) and the Hungarian interbank market showed the bidirectional impact of impulses.

  • Issue Year: 46/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 7-26
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish