01927cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018732 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484373873 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Chen, Qianying. Banking in a Steady State of Low Growth and Interest Rates / Qianying Chen, Mitsuru Katagiri, Jay Surti. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (37 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students A prolonged low-interest-rate environment presents a significant challenge to banks and is likely to entail major changes to their business models over the long-run. Lower returns to maturity transformation in the face of flatter yield curves and an inability to offer deposit rates significantly below zero combine to compress bank earnings in this environment. Smaller, deposit-funded, less diversified banks are hurt most, increasing consolidation pressures and reach-for-yield incentives, presenting new financial stability challenges.To the extent that such an economic environment reflects a new, steady-state with lower equilibrium growth driven by population aging and slower productivity growth, lower credit demand is likely to drive banking toward provision of fee-based, utility services. Mode of access: Internet Katagiri, Mitsuru. Surti, Jay. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/192 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/192/001.2018.issue-192-en.xml IMF e-Library