Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks

Several recent theoretical papers have shown that banking institutions posses a special role in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The reactions of banks toward changes in monetary conditions, particularly their portfolio allocations, determine the ultimate impact of monetary policy on r...

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Main Author: Noor Azlan Ghazali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1999
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spelling ukm-17332016-12-14T06:30:06Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1733/ Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks Noor Azlan Ghazali, Several recent theoretical papers have shown that banking institutions posses a special role in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The reactions of banks toward changes in monetary conditions, particularly their portfolio allocations, determine the ultimate impact of monetary policy on real activities. In addition, several findings also indicate the changing behaviour of commercial banks in recent years due to the development of financial markets and liberalization process which begin since early eighties. This paper examines this issue for the Malaysian banking industry. Without exception, liberalization and innovation that occur in the Malaysian financial industry since early eighties also affect the way banks respond to changes in monetary policy. It is shown that banks resort to competitive funds and securities liquidation in their attempt to shield the lending capacity. This is made possible by the recent development in the banking industry. It is argued that the central bank loses to some extent, its direct influence on banks portfolio allocations, thus, reducing the effectiveness of monetary policy. Studying the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, therefore requires special attention to the behaviour of banking firms Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 1999-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1733/1/921-1763-1-SM.pdf Noor Azlan Ghazali, (1999) Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks. Jurnal Pengurusan, 18 . ISSN 0127-2713 http://www.ukm.my/penerbit/jurus.htm
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description Several recent theoretical papers have shown that banking institutions posses a special role in the transmission mechanism of monetary policy. The reactions of banks toward changes in monetary conditions, particularly their portfolio allocations, determine the ultimate impact of monetary policy on real activities. In addition, several findings also indicate the changing behaviour of commercial banks in recent years due to the development of financial markets and liberalization process which begin since early eighties. This paper examines this issue for the Malaysian banking industry. Without exception, liberalization and innovation that occur in the Malaysian financial industry since early eighties also affect the way banks respond to changes in monetary policy. It is shown that banks resort to competitive funds and securities liquidation in their attempt to shield the lending capacity. This is made possible by the recent development in the banking industry. It is argued that the central bank loses to some extent, its direct influence on banks portfolio allocations, thus, reducing the effectiveness of monetary policy. Studying the transmission mechanism of monetary policy, therefore requires special attention to the behaviour of banking firms
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author Noor Azlan Ghazali,
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Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
author_facet Noor Azlan Ghazali,
author_sort Noor Azlan Ghazali,
title Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
title_short Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
title_full Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
title_fullStr Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
title_full_unstemmed Financial liberalization, innovation and the response of Malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
title_sort financial liberalization, innovation and the response of malaysian commercial banks’ portfolios to monetary shocks
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 1999
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1733/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1733/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1733/1/921-1763-1-SM.pdf
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