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News Companies
Firms’ debt structure matters for monetary policy transmission

Post No.351. ECB conventional monetary policy (CMP) and bond liquidity (BL) shocks affect French firms’ investment. The strength of the impact depends on firms’ debt structure: bank-reliant firms reduce investment relatively more after interest rates hikes than after contractionary bond liquidity shocks.

5 April 2024
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Public-guaranteed loans and bank risk-taking 11 April 2024
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Interest rates in decentralised finance 9 April 2024
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Anatomy of a fall in inflation: from a successful first phase to the conditions for a controlled landing 28 March 2024
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Design and manufacture of banknote paper and banknotes

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Eco Notepad 11 April 2024
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Public-guaranteed loans and bank risk-taking

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ABC de l’économie

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Banque de France Annual Report 2022

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Monetary strategy

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The Banque de France is a key player in the cash industry and works with its customers to modernise the sector
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17 April 2024
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Seminar Banque de France
Sciences Po / Banque de France research seminar
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23 April 2024
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Seminar IBFI
Central bank finance, accounting and budget management
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24 April 2024
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Seminar Monetary policy
Doubling down: the synergy of CCyB release and monetary policy easing
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