Eva Hromádková, Ivana Kubicová, Branislav Saxa
We examine interest rate pass-through in the Czech Republic over the period of 2004–2022. We investigate the speed and completeness of the transmission of changes in reference market interest rates to lending rates on loans to non-financial companies and housing loans. The use of a rolling window approach enables us to examine changes in the pass-through over time. In the case of housing loans, the transmission of the 5-year interest rate swap rate to client rates is strong in the long term, although currently it is not complete. A 1 percentage point increase in the unemployment rate implies an approximately 0.2 percentage point increase in the risk premium for the interest rate on loans for house purchase. Our estimates for loans to non-financial companies confirm that changes in the 3M PRIBOR are passed on almost completely with minimal delay. A 1 percentage point reduction in the output gap implies an approximately 0.1 percentage point increase in the risk premium for the client interest rate on corporate loans.
JEL codes: C2, E43, E52
Keywords: ARDL model, credit premium, interest rate pass-through, rolling windows
Issued: December 2023
Download: RPN No. 2/2023 (pdf, 2.3 MB)