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Table 2 ECM Estimation for Retail Rates

From: Interest rate pass-through in the Dominican Republic

 

Deposit rates

Lending rates

Loan category rates

Three months

Six months

One year

Weighted average

Three months

Six months

One year

Weighted average

Commercial

Personal consumption

Mortgage

Long-run equation

 Monetary policy rate

1.101***

(0.083)

1.116***

(0.11)

1.019***

(0.095)

1.044***

(0.082)

1.041***

(0.15)

1.272***

(0.113)

1.184***

(0.136)

1.185***

(0.122)

1.199***

(0.13)

1.061***

(0.138)

0.969***

(0.103)

 Reserve requirement coefficient

−0.068

(0.108)

−0.063

(0.14)

−0.0880

(0.091)

0.010

(0.11)

0.359**

(0.176)

0.160

(0.118)

0.49**

(0.202)

0.277**

(0.113)

0.263**

(0.12)

0.177

(0.155)

0.223

(0.138)

 NPLs

−0.353

(0.228)

−0.385

(0.248)

−0.229

(0.256)

−0.226

(0.237)

0.397

(0.344)

0.262

(0.345)

0.361

(0.277)

0.421

(0.293)

0.348

(0.293)

0.433

(0.389)

0.145

(0.268)

 Exchange rate

0.048

(0.116)

0.008

(0.119)

0.0120

(0.119)

0.101

(0.118)

−0.024

(0.189)

−0.049

(0.175)

0.202

(0.172)

0.289**

(0.135)

0.175

(0.131)

0.636***

(0.182)

0.042

(0.144)

 EMBI

0.402***

(0.067)

0.328***

(0.082)

0.219***

(0.078)

0.335***

(0.069)

0.976***

(0.183)

0.692***

(0.114)

0.736***

(0.124)

0.671***

(0.134)

0.712***

(0.141)

0.496***

(0.136)

0.513***

(0.097)

 VIX

−0.025*

(0.014)

0.007

(0.018)

0.0190

(0.022)

−0.007

(0.015)

−0.12***

(0.044)

−0.043

(0.035)

−0.067***

(0.025)

−0.046*

(0.027)

−0.051*

(0.029)

0.009

(0.031)

−0.003

(0.022)

 Dummy inflation targeting

−0.260

(0.569)

−0.069

(0.6)

−0.4810

(0.511)

−0.413

(0.484)

−0.038

(0.584)

0.749

(0.545)

0.165

(0.57)

−0.549

(0.431)

−0.429

(0.44)

−1.055*

(0.54)

0.300

(0.298)

 Dummy monetary policy rate introduction

−1.344**

(0.556)

−1.218

(0.773)

−1.219**

(0.596)

−1.033**

(0.496)

0.743

(0.555)

−0.396

(0.519)

−0.010

(0.723)

−0.399

(0.497)

−0.037

(0.519)

−2.065***

(0.622)

−0.714*

(0.367)

 Constant

0.029

(5.531)

1.383

(5.679)

1.9260

(4.986)

−3.734

(5.445)

−1.596

(9.119)

1.661

(7.73)

−11.463

(9.327)

−10.67*

(6.173)

−7.030

(6.003)

−16.173 *

(8.251)

−0.268

(7.141)

 Observations

109

109

109

109

109

109

109

109

109

109

109

 R squared

0.862

0.859

0.847

0.872

0.851

0.847

0.857

0.888

0.894

0.803

0.898

 Adjusted R squared

0.851

0.847

0.835

0.862

0.837

0.835

0.845

0.879

0.885

0.788

0.890

 SE of regression

0.858

0.904

0.867

0.803

1.369

1.394

1.353

1.067

1.081

1.261

0.943

 Wald test (H0: pass-through = 1)

1.220

1.051

0.198

0.533

0.276

2.217*

1.351

1.520

1.531

0.439

−0.297

Short-run equation

 Speed of adjustment

−0.413***

(0.089)

−0.229***

(0.077)

−0.328***

(0.116)

−0.311***

(0.084)

−0.507***

(0.108)

−0.843***

(0.112)

−0.528***

(0.086)

−0.294***

(0.086)

−0.289***

(0.08)

−0.256**

(0.109)

−0.271***

(0.101)

 Diff. monetary policy rate

0.675***

(0.108)

0.646***

(0.102)

0.479***

(0.164)

0.593***

(0.105)

0.584**

(0.269)

1.168***

(0.283)

0.834***

(0.169)

0.812***

(0.138)

0.8***

(0.143)

0.827***

(0.165)

0.572***

(0.136)

 Diff. reserve requirement coefficient

−0.007

(0.098)

0.235***

(0.057)

0.029

(0.061)

0.179***

(0.035)

0.013

(0.23)

0.341***

(0.109)

0.010

(0.191)

0.262**

(0.121)

0.233*

(0.135)

0.212

(0.148)

0.104

(0.191)

 Diff. NPLs

−0.292**

(0.139)

−0.262**

(0.113)

−0.260

(0.215)

−0.305***

(0.101)

0.722**

(0.294)

−0.483

(0.397)

0.294

(0.301)

0.498***

(0.16)

0.297*

(0.16)

0.814***

(0.273)

0.130

(0.142)

 Diff. exchange rate

0.096

(0.294)

0.195

(0.272)

0.2870

(0.325)

0.144

(0.256)

0.222

(0.598)

0.380

(0.801)

0.972*

(0.528)

0.499

(0.411)

0.440

(0.42)

1.116**

(0.485)

0.212

(0.386)

 Diff. EMBI

0.275***

(0.079)

0.229**

(0.093)

0.191**

(0.086)

0.215**

(0.082)

0.605**

(0.265)

0.301

(0.247)

0.120

(0.101)

0.264**

(0.109)

0.297***

(0.111)

−0.035

(0.096)

(0.093)

 Diff. VIX

−0.008

(0.015)

0.002

(0.011)

0.026*

(0.015)

0.008

(0.01)

−0.042

(0.039)

0.027

(0.042)

0.011

(0.029)

−0.002

(0.018)

−0.005

(0.02)

0.036**

(0.016)

0.015

(0.015)

 Dummy inflation targeting

−0.088

(0.299)

−0.177

(0.231)

−0.1840

(0.21)

−0.110

(0.21)

−0.194

(0.171)

−0.045

(0.222)

−0.261

(0.307)

−0.203

(0.15)

−0.200

(0.144)

−0.262*

(0.147)

−0.136

(0.106)

 Dummy monetary policy rate introduction

0.034

(0.308)

0.128

(0.237)

0.1280

(0.21)

0.071

(0.219)

0.228

(0.191)

−0.069

(0.262)

0.120

(0.362)

0.169

(0.167)

0.167

(0.158)

0.110

(0.171)

0.071

(0.131)

 Observations

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

108

 R squared

0.392

0.394

0.302

0.426

0.317

0.538

0.400

0.422

0.403

0.370

0.302

 Adjusted R squared

0.343

0.345

0.245

0.379

0.261

0.501

0.351

0.375

0.354

0.319

0.245

 SE of regression

0.652

0.582

0.612

0.534

1.228

1.330

1.087

0.709

0.720

0.825

0.638

  1. Standard errors in parentheses are corrected for heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation with the Newey–West estimator
  2. ***, **, * Next to a number indicate statistical significance at 1, 5 and 10 percent, respectively. Source: Authors’ calculations