The Role of Corporate Cash Holdings in the Transmission of Monetary Policy Tightening

November 22, 2024

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Summary

The U.S. economy has been exceeding expectations amid one of the most aggressive monetary policy tightening cycles. This paper provides firm-level evidence showing that abundant cash holdings enable firms to benefit from higher interest rates, thereby reducing net interest payments and mitigate the adverse impact from interest rate hikes to firms' investment and employment.

Subject: Capital spending, Employment, Expenditure, External debt, Income, Interest payments, Labor, Monetary policy, Monetary tightening, National accounts

Keywords: Capital spending, cash holding, Corporate cash, Employment, Global, Income, Interest expense, Interest income, Interest payments, Monetary policy transmission, Monetary tightening, Net interest payment, North America, tightening JaeBin Ahn

Pages:
14
Volume:
2024
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400296321.001
Issue:
245
Series:
Working Paper No. 2024/245
Stock No:
WPIEA2024245
ISBN:
9798400296321
ISSN:
1018-5941

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