Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Hansjörg Lehmann
Author-Name-First: Hansjörg
Author-Name-Last: Lehmann
Author-Name: Michael Manz
Author-Name-First: Michael
Author-Name-Last: Manz
Title: The Exposure of Swiss Banks to Macroeconomic Shocks - an Empirical Investigation
Abstract: Assessing financial stability is an issue of rapidly growing importance to central banks and banking authorities. This paper explores an extensive panel data set of Swiss banks to identify macroeconomic influencing factors on bank profitability and to quantify their impact on bank capitalization. We find evidence of a significant effect of various macroeconomic variables as e.g. real growth or interest rate shocks on bank earnings. However, our results suggest that the Swiss banking system is quite robust against macroeconomic shocks. Only a joint occurrence of a recession, rising interest rates and falling stock prices would lead to substantial losses in the Swiss banking industry.
Length: 28 pages
Creation-Date: 2006
Contact-Email: forschung@snb.ch
File-URL: https://www.snb.ch/en/publications/research/working-papers/2006/working_paper_2006_04
File-Format: text/html
Number: 2006-04
Classification-JEL: G21, E44, C33
Keywords: banking, macroeconomic shocks, stress tests, credit risk, interest rate risk, Switzerland
Handle: RePEc:snb:snbwpa:2006-04