The pass through of monetary policy to euro area bank interest rates

Michail, Nektarios; Louka, Kyriaki Article The pass through of monetary policy to euro area bank interest rates German Economic Review (GER) Provided in Cooperation with: Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association Suggested Citation: Michail, Nektarios; Louka, Kyriaki (2025) : The pass through of monetary policy to euro area bank interest rates, German Economic Review (GER), ISSN 1468-0475, De Gruyter, Berlin, Vol. 26, Iss. 2, pp. 131-192, https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2023-0084 This Version is available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/331953 Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen: Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden. Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen. 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If the documents have been made available under an Open Content Licence (especially Creative Commons Licences), you may exercise further usage rights as specified in the indicated licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ger 2025; 26(2): 131–192 Nektarios Michail* and Kyriaki Louka The Pass Through of Monetary Policy to Euro Area Bank Interest Rates https://doi.org/10.1515/ger-2023-0084 Received August 18, 2023; accepted February 3, 2025; published online March 3, 2025 Abstract:We examine the transmission of monetary policy to bank interest rates in the euro area, using a rolling estimation. The results, using various fixations for the Euribor rate and different maturities for bond yields, suggest that the pass through of policy rates to bank interest rates was relatively stable prior to the use of unconventional monetary policy measures. After the use of unconventional policies, the pass-through multiplier from the Euribor rate and the short-term bonds increased, while the pass-through from longer-term bonds markedly decreased. It appears that unconventional monetary policy operations allow for bank lending rates to further decline, which could lead to higher lending, with potential financial stability issues arising. In addition to the excess liquidity created by asset purchases, factors such as credit risk and house price growth also appear to impact the pass through. Keywords: pass through; deposit beta; Euro area; asset purchases; monetary policy; bank interest rates 1 Introduction The bank interest rate pass-through process is probably the most important link in the process of monetary policy transmission. Decisions made by banks about the yields received and paid on their assets (loans) and liabilities (deposits) have an effect on the spending and investing habits of depositors and borrowers, which in turn has an impact on real economic activity. As such, stronger monetary policy transmission results from a quicker and more complete pass-through of official and market interest rates to retail bank interest rates, with a higher impact on the *Corresponding author: Nektarios Michail, Central Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, E-mail: [email protected].https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9003-3225 Kyriaki Louka, Central Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Open Access. ©2025 the author(s), published by De Gruyter. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. 132 —N. Michail and K. Louka overall economy, avoiding any welfare costs (Kobayashi 2008) and financial stability issues (Kwapil and Scharler 2010). The paper aims to examine the degree and the speed of equilibrium adjustment of the bank interest rates, following a change of the market/policy rate. In particular, by using data for the 19 euro area countries, for both deposit (households and non-financial corporations) and lending rates (for house purchase, consumption, shortand long-term NFCs) we examine how the pass through changes over time. To do so, we employ an error-correction model, in which the long-term coefficient (beta) determines the pass through (multiplier), while the theta term signifies the equilibrium adjustment term. Our results suggest that while the theta does change over time, the changes are usually not that large. The transmission of monetary policy to bank interest rates (beta coefficient) was relatively constant prior to the use of unconventional monetary policy measures (which varied in timing and scope between countries, highlighting important heterogeneity issues). With the introduction of asset purchase programmes, the pass through began to rise, even though it took around three years to have an economically meaningful effect on the multiplier. At the same time, given that the effects from asset purchases are not the same for all countries, heterogeneity also increased. Following the additional increase in asset purchases during the pandemic, the pass-through became even stronger, and more so for loans compared to deposits, with the deposits to loans multiplier ratio being less than zero since 2018. These results hold for both NFCs and housing loans, and to a lesser extent for consumption loans. As such, it appears that Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which lower bond yields and thus ease financing conditions, allow for bank interest rates to further decline than would have been the case if only the policy rate was taken into consideration. This is evident in the 2018–2020 period, when bank rates changed while the policy rate remained stable. However, since the increase in the pass through is related only to specific categories, such as house purchases and short-term NFCs loans, this suggests that banks are likely to have increased lending in those categories that they saw as the safest (Michail 2023). While is meaningful from a credit risk perspective, it appears to have also had an impact on the overall economy, via the notable increase in house prices over the period, to an extent where policymakers considered it a bubble (Di Casola et al. 2022). We also provide a quantitative confirmation of the above conclusions, using a panel regression in which the multiplier (beta) values act as the dependent variable. The results confirm the above, as excess liquidity (defined as the ratio of total deposits over total loans) appears to have a strong impact on the pass-through levels. In particular, excess liquidity has a positive sign for both lending (house purchase and short-term NFCs loans) and deposit rate multipliers, suggesting that the Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —133 higher the liquidity, the higher the pass-through. Given that excess liquidity can be created via asset purchase programmes, and that excess liquidity remains in the system for a while, it appears that asset purchase programmes can have a longerlasting impact on the pass-through. Further to excess liquidity, credit risk appears to have the expected positive impact on the pass-through for lending rates, while higher house price growth lowers bank deposit interest rates. Finally, it appears that unconventional monetary policy also had the effect of decreasing the sensitivity of bank lending rates to longer-term bonds. While the pass-through of changes in the 2-year bond yield to bank lending rates has followed the bank-based interest rate path, i.e. increasing during the unconventional monetary policy period, the pass-through from 5-year bonds declined, even partially reversed since the beginning of the rate hike cycle in 2022. The strongest effect has been observed in the pass-through from 10-year bonds, where the pass-through appears to have remained markedly lower than the one prior to the unconventional policy implementation. The remainder of the paper is as follows: the next section offers a review of the literature on the topic, while Section 3 offers the data and model employed. Section 4 shows the results from the estimation across all lending deposit interest rates, with Section 5 testing for the determinants of the beta and last section providing a summary and conclusions. 2 Literature Review Quite a few studies have been carried out throughout the years in an effort to better understand the interest rate pass-through in the euro area. Emphasis is usually placed on three primary issues: the completeness (or lack thereof) of long-run pass-through; the short-run speed of equilibrium adjustment; and the degree of heterogeneity in the pass-through across countries and interest rate categories. For example, De Bondt (2002,2005), using a cointegration-based model of the interest rate pass-through process finds that the euro adoption has sped up the pass-through process as well as improved the speed of loan rate adjustment, something that is likely a result of increased competition, a result confirmed by De Bondt, Mojon, and Valla (2005). Additionally, it appears that short-term retail bank interest rates are sticky; as a result, the pass-through of market interest rates to these rates appears to be at its peak around 50 %. Long-term pass-through, however, is higher and nearly 100 %. Using a similar cointegration setup, Sander and Kleimeier (2002) identify the factors that affect the speed of transmission. These include the lack of competition between banks (a theme also supported by the results Leroy and Lucotte 2015), 134 —N. Michail and K. Louka information asymmetries, “menu costs”, and the implicit interest rate insurance provided by banks, motivated by maintaining long-term relationships. As a result, the authors confirm that the speed of equilibirum adjustment differs across countries, while the nature of the adjustment process itself is also quite heterogeneous. A similar conclusion was also reached by van Leuvensteijn et al. (2013), who suggest that stronger competition increases the pass-through of market rates to bank rates. In the same manner as the previous studies, Kok and Werner (2006) investigate how different bank interest rates are affected by market interest rates. The authors show that heterogeneity is present in the estimates, and the fact that the long-run multipliers and speed of equilibrium adjustment coefficients vary across countries may indicate some degree of fragmentation and lack of integration in the euro area’s retail banking industry. The interest rate pass-through process is also examined by Bernhofer and Van Treeck (2013) using a combination of single country and panel cointegration techniques. The authors find evidence of substantial heterogeneity in the shortrun pass-through and, using sub-sample analysis, they conclude that the degree of heterogeneity and the overall efficiency of the interest rate pass-through have not improved in the second half of the period since the founding of the European Monetary Union. Krylova et al. (2014), also report results in favour of the heterogeneity conclusions, in a DSGE model that also controls for the riskiness of borrowers. Taking into account the impact of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), some more recent studies have empirically investigated how lending rates in major advanced economies respond to monetary policy rates. For example, Illes and Lombardi (2013) find that the pass-through of monetary policy has not worked as well as it did prior to the GFC and that borrowers have only partially benefited from low policy rates, particularly in peripheral countries in the euro area. Furthermore, Horvath (2018) reports that the GFC had increased the heterogeneity of the results, while similar results, highlighting the negative impact of the GFC on the pass-through, were reached by Gambacorta, Illes, and Lombardi (2015),withIlles, Lombardi, and Mizen (2019) suggesting that higher bank funding costs are one of the main reasons behind this. Holton and d’Acri (2018) support the view that reliance on central bank funding played a role in fragmenting the pass through of monetary policy, with bank market power also playing a role in the determination of the pass through. To counter the decline in the pass-through, central banks introduced unconventional monetary policy measures, which boosted the pass-through to lending rates, as more recent studies have shown. For example, Von Borstel, Eickmeier, and Krippner (2016) note that unconventional measures helped decrease lending rates, mainly due to large shocks rather than propagation. Horvath, Kotlebova, and Siranova (2018) also support this conclusion, suggesting that asset purchases (balance sheet policies) helped boost the pass-through, with Blot and Labondance (2022) Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —135 suggesting that liquidity provisions and covered bond purchase programmes influenced bank interest rates beyond the usual policy rate pass through. To sum up the literature, Gregor, Melecký, and Melecký (2021), provide a metaanalysis of the results and find systematically lower estimated pass-through coefficients in studies that focus on the pass-through to consumer lending rates and rates on long-term loans. Importantly, the interest rate pass-through is significantly influenced by the country’s macro-financial environment, while the global financial crisis appears to have weakened the pass-through across the board (see also Andries and Billon (2016) for an earlier overview of the literature). At the same time, unconventional monetary policy measures appear to have helped boost the pass-through. Despite the findings of the literature, there is still scarce evidence concerning the pass-through during unconventional monetary policy periods. At the same time, researchers should aim to observe whether the end of the asset purchase period in the euro area, observed in 2022, had a meaningful impact on the pass-through. Furthermore, it would be useful to examine whether the factors that affected the pass through over the previous periods are still valid. To do so, the next section presents the empirical methodology used. 3 Data and Methodology The bank and market interest rate data used in this study were collected from European Central Bank’s Statistical Warehouse (ECB SDW) from the period 2003M012023M04. Due to data availability issues, the sample is different for some countries. In particular, for the majority of euro area countries included (Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain) the sample ranges from 2003M01–2023M04, while for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia the sample ranges from 2005M05–2023M04. Finally, for Belgium, Cyprus and Malta, the available sample is 2008M01-2023M04. For the market interest rate, we have selected the Euribor 3-month rate, while for the bank rates, we have included four lending rates and four deposit rates. The inclusion of different bank interest rate categories allows us to examine the degree of heterogeneity among the different products as well as the difference between lending and deposit rates. For robustness purposes and we have also included the 1-month, 6-month, and 1-year rates. Robustness results are discussed in Section 4.2. More specifically, we include the lending rate for house purchases by households, as well as the lending rate for consumption loans (which includes consumerfocused loans, such as personal loans, automobile loans, and credit card debt). Regarding non-financial corporations (NFCs), we follow Kok and Werner (2006) and 136 —N. Michail and K. Louka use the shortand long-term lending rates, where the former is based on loans granted to non-financial corporations with interest rate fixation up to one year and the latter with an interest rate fixation of over one year. At the same time, to examine the pass-through to deposit rates, we include both the overnight deposit rates and the ones with maturity up to one year, for both households and NFCs. All data were obtained from the ECB SDW, with the sample size as specified above. Furthermore, in our analysis, we use new loan contracts, given that terms may differ for outstanding contracts, something which could bias the results. The econometric methodology employed follows the existing literature on the topic (inter alia Kok and Werner 2006;Bernhofer and Van Treeck 2013), by specifying an error correction specification, as per Engle and Granger (1987), such that: ΔBRi,t=𝛾i+𝜃i(BRi,t−1−ci−𝛽iMRi,t−1)+𝜑i,0ΔMRi,t+ui,t(1) where i=1,...,19 is the index for each country and t=1,...,N is the index for each time period.1In this setup, changes in bank interest rates (ΔBRi,t) are explained by the long-term multiplier (𝛽i), which defines the speed of the transmission of policy rate changes to bank rates. In a perfectly functioning market, and in the absence of any disturbances (i.e. in equilibrium conditions, see Hendry and Juselius 2000; 2001), the value of the long-run multiplier would be very close to one. Any remaining adjustments towards the long-run equilibrium between bank rates and market rates, are then measured by the speed of equilibrium adjustment coefficient, 𝜃i,as well as by changes of current market rate.2 As per the literature, long-run multipliers tend to differ between countries, and henceitissensibletoestimateequation (1) at the country level instead of pooling the countries with respect to this parameter. Furthermore, given that the passthrough of market rates to bank rates may vary over time, given the specificities of the economy at each point in time, we employ 10-year (120-observation) intervals and estimate a rolling regression to examine whether the relationship is time varying.3In every case, the end date of the rolling sample is used. The following section presents the results from the estimations. 1While not presented here for the sake of brevity, all country series are integrated of order 1. Unit root tests are available upon request. 2In this setup, the average speed of adjustment to a change in the market interest rate is (1−𝜑)∕𝜃, where 1 suggests that the pass-through will be complete, at equilibrium. Naturally, the empirical results contradict this. 3In robustness checks, different 15-year and 8-year intervals were employed, with the results providing similar conclusions. The estimates are available upon request. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —137 4 Empirical Estimates 4.1 The Pass-Through Multiplier Figures 1–8provide the findings for the long-run pass through for each of the loan and deposit rates specified above. The solid line offers the coefficient estimate while the dotted lines denote the 95 % confidence interval. We note again that a long-run multiplier of one denotes a perfect (one-to-one) pass-through of market interest rates to bank interest rates, a multiplier with a value of more than one suggests a sort of over-shooting, and one with a value of less than one suggests a limited pass-through. Naturally, values that differ meaningfully from one imply that Figure 1: Pass through for house purchase lending rates. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the multiplier (beta estimate) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. 138 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 2: Pass through for consumption lending rates. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the multiplier (beta estimate) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. the pass through of policy is affected by other economic factors, such as unconventional policy measures, banking distress, or even high risk and lack or abundance of liquidity in the economy. Figure 1 shows the pass through for the house purchase lending rate in each euro area country. Interestingly, all countries start with a pass-through coefficient below unity, standing at approximately 0.5, which then increases over time. The peak of the pass-through rate is, usually, over one, and always observed during the period where unconventional monetary policy was imposed. Exceptions to this include Estonia and Luxembourg where the coefficients are decreasing while Ireland’s and Lithuania’s are approaching zero. Overall, in the samples that end prior to 2020, countries do not present a complete pass-through of market interest rate to bank interest rate, i.e. the pass-through estimates are lower than one. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —145 the purchases eased conditions the most (e.g. Cyprus, Italy, Greece) the multiplier value appears to have peaked at a higher level. Similar conclusions are reached for NFCs deposit rates, however, with a slight decrease in the pass through observed for most countries prior to the onset of the pandemic. In general, the analysis shows that the long run pass through is more complete for deposit rates with maturity up to one year. An important distinction here relates to the relative change of deposit and lending rate multipliers. If the former is higher, then it means that funding is scarcer, banks are actively looking for more and hence have a benefit to raise deposit rates by more than lending rates. On the other hand, if the lending rate multiplier is higher, it suggests that banks enter a profit-making mode, where they seek to benefit from interest rate changes, which also implies that presence of ample liquidity conditions in that point in time. In the estimates, it appears that the pass through to lending rates is higher than the pass through to deposit rates, especially for households, with this being more evident after 2018 (Figure 9 – big 4 countries), a theme in line the ample liquidity conditions in the economy due to the asset purchase programmes. As expected, the difference in the lending/deposit pass through has decreased with the end of the unconventional monetary policy measures and the rate hikes that followed, in the 2022–2023 period. To compare the sub-sample, time-varying, estimates to a natural benchmark, we also present full sample estimates in Tables 1–3. The use of full sample Figure 9: Deposits to loans beta ratio. Notes: The figures show the deposits to loans (excess liquidity) ratios across the Big-4 countries. 146 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table 1: Full sample estimates – households, house purchase loans. Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Euribor m .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Constant .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Obs                    Adj R-squared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —147 Table 2: Full sample estimates – NFCs, short-term. Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Euribor m .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Constant .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Obs                    Adj R-squared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table 3: Full sample estimates – NFCs, long-term. Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Euribor m .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Constant .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ .∗∗ (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Obs                    Adj R-squared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —149 estimates allows us to examine whether the time-varying samples provide meaningful conclusions as regards changes in the pass-through to lending rates over time. As an examination of the tables suggests, in most cases, the time-varying estimates do appear to fluctuate significantly compared to the full sample ones, especially after the introduction of unconventional monetary policy, thus providing more support for the use of trailing samples. In addition to the variance that is related to the time-varying sample specificities, we also examine for the heterogeneity of the estimates, in addition to the qualitative evaluation of its existence in the previous paragraphs of this section. In particular, we proceed to capture it more formally via the use of the standard deviation of the multipliers. This simple metric allows us to observe how far away from the average countries have moved over time. Figure 10 offers the standard deviation of the estimates, over their common samples. As expected, heterogeneity increased significantly over the asset purchase period, with the exclusion of the lending rate for consumption loans. Similar to the behaviour of the multipliers, heterogeneity decreased when asset purchases ended after mid-2022. 4.2 The Speed of Equilibrium Adjustment To provide a more complete picture of the pass-through, we also present the speed of adjustment coefficients for all countries and periods. It should be remembered here that the speed of adjustment is immediate and very fast if the short-run passthrough is not statistically different from the long-run passthrough, irrespective of the estimated error-correction coefficient. As such, we need to compare between the values of the full sample estimates and the rolling sample estimates and identify the cases where this holds, notably during the unconventional monetary policy period. Figures 11–18 present the relevant coefficient values, which, as expected, display significant heterogeneity. In Figure 10 (lending rate for house purchase), the majority of countries have an adjustment speed that ranges from −0.1 to −0.3, which means that a disequilibrium between house lending rates and market rates of 100 basis points induces a 10–30 basis point adjustment towards the equilibrium in the next period. Lower adjustment rates of around 2–5 basis points are observed in quite a few countries (e.g. Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Lithuania, Italy, Portugal, and the Netherlands). With regards to consumer lending rates (Figure 11), the coefficients are usually larger, suggesting that deviations from the equilibrium takes place more often here, something that is in line with the multiplier values observed in the previous analysis. In either case, there appears to be no impact from unconventional monetary policy. 150 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 10: Standard deviation of the multipliers. Notes: The figures show the standard deviation of the multipliers, at the aggregate level, as per the previous estimation. Moving on to the NFCs lending rates in Figure 13, the coefficients tend to fluctuate between −0.1 and −0.4. There is significant heterogeneity across countries, with some (Austria, Latvia, Lithuania, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain) exhibiting a downwards trend while in countries such as Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Slovakia, an upwards trend can be seen, especially after 2018. Similar trends are also present in the case of long-run NFC lending rate (Figure 14), even though in this case the adjustment coefficients appear to be more stable for the majority of the countries.7 Figures 15 and 16 present the speed of adjustment for overnight deposit rates for households and enterprises for the 19 euro area countries. The majority of them 7As in previous mentions, Malta is missing from Table A12 due to data availability issues. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —151 Figure 11: Speed of equilibrium adjustment for house purchase lending rate. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the speed of equilibrium adjustment (theta) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. follow a similar path in both figures, with the coefficients moving between −0.1 and −0.3. Naturally, there are some outliers (e.g. Slovakia) where the coefficient implies that there is full adjustment after one period in the country. On the other hand, in Figure 17, the speed of equilibrium adjustment for deposit rates with maturity up to one year for households tends to be relatively larger than for overnight rates. With the exception of Greece, Estonia, Luxembourg, and Malta the speed of equilibrium adjustment appears to move between 0.1 and 0.4, with the trend either on a downward path or relatively stable over time. Figure 18 (NFCs) shows similar paths with most of the countries exhibiting a negative trend. In general, there does not seem like there is a big difference between the two deposit rate categories. Overall, as expected, the speed of equilibrium adjustment changes markedly from the period of the sample when unconventional monetary policy was 152 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 12: Speed of equilibrium adjustment for consumption lending rate. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the speed of equilibrium adjustment (theta) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. implemented onwards. In some cases, the speed increases and in some it decreases, conditional on the change of the multiplier. Yet, in most cases, the speed of adjustment fluctuates from −0.1 to −0.3 suggesting that the overreaction of the multiplier during the period (i.e. the fact that its value is greater than unity), would take a few months. Selecting a country at random, for example, Belgium, it would take around 5 months for the multiplier value of 1.5 in the sample ending in 2020m9, to return to one, given a speed of adjustment of −0.1. Naturally, the values differ across samples and countries. 4.3 Robustness To address the various dataand fixation-related considerations this section provides an overview of the different series employed in Appendices A1 to A6. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —153 Figure 13: Speed of equilibrium adjustment for short-run NFC lending rate. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the speed of equilibrium adjustment (theta) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. Appendix A1 shows the estimates from the 1-month, 6-month, and 12-month Euribor rates, for the NFCs and Households categories. On the other hand, Appendix A2 offers the estimates using the 6-month Euribor over an 8-year and a 15-year window. The results are quite similar when using different interest rate fixations and estimation windows, suggesting that the differences are only quantitative and not qualitative. Appendix A3 uses the 2-year bond yield as a proxy of the pass-through instrument, against the use of the Euribor rate, while Appendices A4 and A5 employ the 5-year and 10-year bond yields respectively. The use of bond yields is in line with De Bondt (2005) and De Bondt, Mojon, and Valla (2005), who also use market-based 154 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 14: Speed of equilibrium adjustment for long-run NFC lending rate. Notes: The figures show the market rate (Euribor 3-month) pass-through to bank rates, to the respective category, as specified in the title. 10-Year rolling samples are used in the estimation, with the solid line reflecting the speed of equilibrium adjustment (theta) in the sample ending at that date, and the dotted lines reflecting the 95 % confidence interval. interest rate data for the determination of the pass-through.8As the data suggest, the pass-through from the 2-year bond yield appears to follow the same path as to the Euribor rate, i.e. it increases after the start of the unconventional policy period, while some declines have been observed after the start of the rate hike cycle in 2022. On the other hand, the results for the 5-year bond yield (Appendix A4) appear to show a different outcome: the pass-through from such bonds appears to have decreased over time, likely because longer-dated bonds were more targeted by unconventional monetary policy actions (something that is especially evident in countries such as Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands). As unconventional monetary policy ended, their sensitivity of bank rates to changes in bond yields 8We note that, due to computational issues, the dates refer to the start of the sample period and not the end as in the previous estimations. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —161 Table 4: Panel regression estimates. Lending for house purchase Lending for consumption Lending NFCs (up to 1 year) Lending to NFCs (over 5 years) Deposit rate up to 1 year for NFCs Deposit rate up to 1 year (HHs) Overnight deposits (NFCs) Overnight deposits (Households) Euribor 0.849∗∗ (0.098) 0.716∗∗ (0.353) 0.662∗∗ (0.105) 0.961∗∗ (0.124) 0.716∗∗ (0.056) 0.799∗∗ (0.111) 0.265∗∗ (0.042) 0.248∗∗ (0.041) ΔHouse prices −0.014 (0.008) 0.007 (0.032) −0.026 (0.014) −0.014 (0.012) −0.018∗∗ (0.009) −0.035∗∗ (0.011) −0.0001 (0.0018) −0.0057∗∗ (0.0022) GDP growth −0.011∗∗ (0.005) −0.020 (0.012) −0.015 (0.008) −0.028∗∗ (0.010) −0.004 (0.003) −0.005 (0.004) −0.003 (0.0017) −0.0008 (0.0011) Creditrisk −0.291 (0.564) 3.122 (3.089) −0.414 (1.080) 0.701 (1.652) −0.466 (0.451) −0.715 (0.610) 0.006 (0.153) −0.300 (0.231) Henfindahl index −2.001 (1.888) −10.221 (5.788) 0.181 (3.308) −2.055 (3.192) −4.595 (2.741) −4.634 (3.573) 0.196 (0.401) −0.754 (0.944) CRS 0.006 (0.007) 0.009 (0.044) −0.012 (0.019) 0.018 (0.023) 0.011 (0.010) 0.017 (0.012) −0.0017 (0.0025) 0.0008 (0.0029) Excess liquidity −0.419 (0.517) −1.491 (1.453) 0.696 (0.744) 0.287 (0.884) 0.520 (0.402) 0.594 (0.382) −0.021 (0.0921) −0.043 (0.0846) Balance sheet (new) −0.012∗∗ (0.003) −0.012 (0.009) −0.008 (0.004) −0.014∗∗ (0.004) 0.002 (0.002) 0.001 (0.003) −0.0013∗∗ (0.0006) −0.0007 (0.0007) Constant 3.352∗∗ (0.695) 6.919∗∗ (2.670) 3.973∗∗ (1.356) 2.498 (1.398) 0.098 (0.500) 0.262 (0.467) 0.303∗∗ (0.1291) 0.427∗∗ (0.0907) Number of obs         Number of groups         Wald chi2 . . . . . t. . . (Prob >chi2) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) (.) Table 4 shows the results from a panel regression model. For each specification (1) to (8), a different dependent variable is used. ∗∗∗,∗∗,∗denote significance at 1%,5%,and10%levelrespectively. 162 —N. Michail and K. Louka rates for NFCs and housing loans, as well as for the relevant deposit rates. In the case of deposit rates, it is by far the most prominent factor, suggesting that, as banks have higher liquidity, the pass through of policy rates to bank interest rates is likely to increase, as the previous section suggested. Given the large amounts of excess liquidity observed since 2016, with the onset of the asset purchase programmes, it is thus clear why the pass through to deposit rates appears to be low in the euro area. 6 Conclusions The transmission of monetary policy to bank interest rates has been relatively constant throughout time prior to the use of unconventional policy measures. With the introduction of asset purchase programmes and their subsequent boosting during the pandemic, the pass-through increased, and more so for loans compared to deposits. Furthermore, given that the effects were not equally distributed across countries, heterogeneity increased. These results hold for both NFCs and housing loans, and to a lesser extent for consumption loans. As such, is appears that Quantitative Easing (QE) operations, which lower bond yields and thus ease financing conditions allow for bank lending rates to further decline. This also suggests that banks are highly likely to have passed monetary policy changes in the loan categories that they saw as the safest (e.g. house purchase) in an effort to boost lending (see Michail 2023). This could potentially have had certain repercussions to the economy, including the increase in house prices over the period (Di Casola et al. 2022) Credit risk and excess liquidity appear to have played a major role in determining the bank rates pass-through. Both variables appear to have a positive impact on the pass-through for lending rates, whereas excess liquidity also has a positive effect on the deposit rate pass-through. As such, asset purchase programmes are likely to have a longer-lasting impact on the pass-through, given that higher excess liquidity would affect the policy multiplier over a longer period and prevent it from returning to its “normal” value. As a conclusion, it appears that the pass-through of policy to bank rates changes dramatically when unconventional policy measures are introduced, with their effects being longer lasting, especially when taking excess liquidity created into consideration. Naturally, further research is required to improve our understanding of the interest rate pass-through in the euro area, using bank level data, while the identification of potential explanatory elements for the observed heterogeneity would also be beneficial. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —163 Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Chara Christofi for her technical support and the Central Bank of Cyprus Research Group for their comments and suggestion on earlier drafts of this paper. Research ethics: Not applicable. Informed consent: Not applicable. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. Conflict of interest: The authors state no conflict of interest. Research funding: None declared. Data availability: Not applicable. Appendix A1 Table A1: Pass through for house purchase lending rates (1month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ainauhtiL aivtaL ylatI dnalerI lagutroP sdnalrehteN atlaM gruobme x uL n i apS a i ne v o l S a i k a volS 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 164 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table A2: Pass through for short-run NFC lending rates (1month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ainauh t iL aivtaL ylatI dnalerI lagutroP sdnalrehteN atlaM gruobmexuL niapS ainevo l S ai k avolS 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —165 Table A3: Pass through for long-run NFC lending rates (1month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ai n au h tiL a i vtaL yl at I dna l erI lagutroP sdnalrehteN atlaM gruobme x uL niapS ainevolS aikavolS 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -300 -200 -100 0 100 200 300 400 2018m11 2019m2 2019m5 2019m8 2019m11 2020m2 2020m5 2020m8 2020m11 2021m2 2021m5 2021m8 2021m11 2022m2 2022m5 2022m8 2022m11 2023m2 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 166 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table A4: Pass through for house purchase lending rates (6month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ainauhtiLaivtaLylatIdnalerI lagutroPsdnalrehteNat l a Mg ruobme x uL niapSaine v o l Sa i kavolS 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —167 Table A5: Pass through for short-run NFC lending rates (6month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ai nau h t iLai v ta L ylatIdnal e rI lagutroPsdnalreh t e N a tl a M gruobm ex u L niap S ain e volS a i k a v olS 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 168 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table A6: Pass through for long-run NFC lending rates (6month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece a i nauht i L a iv t aLyl a t I dn a lerI lagutroPsdnalreh t e N a tl a M gruobm ex uL nia pS ai ne volS a i k a v olS 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -3.5 -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 2018m11 2019m2 2019m5 2019m8 2019m11 2020m2 2020m5 2020m8 2020m11 2021m2 2021m5 2021m8 2021m11 2022m2 2022m5 2022m8 2022m11 2023m2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —169 Table A7: Pass through for house purchase lending rates (12month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece ainauhtiLaivtaLylatIdnalerI lagut ro Ps dn alrehteN a tlaMgr uo b m ex u L niapSainevolSai k avolS 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0. 2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 170 —N. Michail and K. Louka Table A8: Pass through for short-run NFC lending rates (12month). Austria Belgium Cyprus Estonia Finland France Germany Greece a i nauhtiL a iv t aLyl a t I dnalerI lagutroPsdnalreh t e N a tl a M gruobm ex u L niapSainevolSaikavolS 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 -0. 4 -0. 2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0. 4 -0. 2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 -0. 4 -0. 2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2015m4 2015m9 2016m2 2016m7 2016m12 2017m5 2017m10 2018m3 2018m8 2019m1 2019m6 2019m11 2020m4 2020m9 2021m2 2021m7 2021m12 2022m5 2022m10 2023m3 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 2012m12 2013m6 2013m12 2014m6 2014m12 2015m6 2015m12 2016m6 2016m12 2017m6 2017m12 2018m6 2018m12 2019m6 2019m12 2020m6 2020m12 2021m6 2021m12 2022m6 2022m12 Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —177 Table A15: Pass through for long-run NFC lending rates (Euribor 6-month, 15year window). ainotsEsurpyCmuigleBairtsuA eceerGynamr eGecnarFdna lniF a inauhtiLaivtaLylat I dnalerI l ag ut roPsdnalrehteNat l aM g ruobmexu L ni a pSain e volSai k a volS 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0.68 0.7 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.78 0.8 0.82 0.84 0.86 0.88 0.9 2022m12 2023m1 2023m2 2023m3 2023m4 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 2022m12 2023m1 2023m2 2023m3 2023m4 0.7 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.78 0.8 0.82 0.84 0.86 0.88 2020m4 2020m6 2020m8 2020m10 2020m12 2021m2 2021m4 2021m6 2021m8 2021m10 2021m12 2022m2 2022m4 2022m6 2022m8 2022m10 2022m12 2023m2 2023m4 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2020m4 2020m6 2020m8 2020m10 2020m12 2021m2 2021m4 2021m6 2021m8 2021m10 2021m12 2022m2 2022m4 2022m6 2022m8 2022m10 2022m12 2023m2 2023m4 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2020m4 2020m6 2020m8 2020m10 2020m12 2021m2 2021m4 2021m6 2021m8 2021m10 2021m12 2022m2 2022m4 2022m6 2022m8 2022m10 2022m12 2023m2 2023m4 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2022m12 2023m1 2023m2 2023m3 2023m4 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 2020m4 2020m6 2020m8 2020m10 2020m12 2021m2 2021m4 2021m6 2021m8 2021m10 2021m12 2022m2 2022m4 2022m6 2022m8 2022m10 2022m12 2023m2 2023m4 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 2020m4 2020m6 2020m8 2020m10 2020m12 2021m2 2021m4 2021m6 2021m8 2021m10 2021m12 2022m2 2022m4 2022m6 2022m8 2022m10 2022m12 2023m2 2023m4 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 2017m12 2018m3 2018m6 2018m9 2018m12 2019m3 2019m6 2019m9 2019m12 2020m3 2020m6 2020m9 2020m12 2021m3 2021m6 2021m9 2021m12 2022m3 2022m6 2022m9 2022m12 2023m3 178 —N. Michail and K. Louka Appendix A3 Figure 1: Households – house purchase. Figure 2: NFCs – short term. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —179 Figure 3: NFCs – long term. Appendix A4 Figure 1: Households – house purchase. 180 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 2: NFCs – short term. Figure 3: NFCs – long term. Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —181 Appendix A5 Figure 1: Households – house purchase. Figure 2: NFCs – short term. 182 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 3: NFCs – long term. Appendix A6 Figure 1: Households, house purchase (10-year bond). Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —183 Figure 2: Households, house purchase (Euribor 3 m). Figure 3: Households, NFCs short-term (10-year bond). 184 —N. Michail and K. Louka Figure 4: Households, NFCs short-term (Euribor 3m). Figure 5: Households, NFCs long-term (10-year bond). Interest Rate Betas in the Euro Area —185 Figure 6: Households, NFCs long-term (Euribor 3m). 186 —N. Michail and K. Louka Appendix A7 Table A16: Panel regression estimates (with CISS). (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) Lending for house purchase Lending for consumption Lending to NFCs (up to 1 year) Lending to NFCs (over 5 years) Deposit rate up to 1 year for NFCs Deposit rate up to 1 year for HHs Euribor 0.248 (0.241) −1.995 (1.483) 0.250 (0.226) 3.009 (2.240) −0.240 (0.280) 0.335 (0.235) ΔHouse prices 0.004 (0.003) −0.006 (0.021) −0.003 (0.004) 0.013∗∗ (0.006) −0.009∗∗∗ (0.002) −0.008∗∗∗ (0.003) GDP growth −0.006∗∗ (0.003) 0.051 (0.043) −0.004 (0.004) −0.026 (0.019) 0.002 (0.002) 0.001 (0.003) Credit risk 1.186∗∗ (0.584) 5.238 (3.575) 1.381∗∗ (0.659) −5.464 (6.476) 0.952 (0.618) 1.299 (0.952) Herfindahl index 0.332 (1.248) 9.408 (8.926) 1.493 (1.795) −15.593 (16.949) 1.874 (1.530) 1.411 (2.111) CR5 0.001 (0.006) −0.056 (0.052) −0.001 (0.009) 0.086 (0.086) −0.003 (0.007) 0.001 (0.010) Excess liquidity 0.471∗∗ (0.244) 1.158 (0.758) 1.179∗∗∗ (0.419) 0.185 (1.025) 0.857∗∗ (0.350) 1.107∗∗ (0.437) CISS −0.406 (0.475) 1.375 (2.422) −0.757∗(0.441) −0.409 (0.909) −0.516 (0.243) −0.803∗∗∗ (0.298) Constant −0.284 (0.435) −1.407 (1.855) −1.013∗(0.596) −0.030 (1.443) −0.590 (0.663) −1.223∗(0.727) Number of obs       Number of groups       Log likelihood . . . . . . Table A17 shows the results from a panel regression model. For each specification (1) to (6), a different dependent variable is used. ∗∗∗,∗∗,∗denote significance at 1 %, 5 %, and 10 % level respectively.