Assessing optimal credit growth for an emerging banking system

Petr Jakubík and Bogdan-Gabriel Moinescu ()

Economic Systems, 2015, vol. 39, issue 4, 577-591

Abstract: The paper sets forth a novel way to estimate the optimal level of credit growth for an emerging banking system. Contrary to the traditional credit-to-GDP gap indicator, credit growth is considered to be optimal when it does not accelerate credit risk measured by loan loss provisions. We provide empirical support for modelling the provision charge ratio dynamic by the quadratic function of the credit growth deviation from its optimal level. The operational framework consists of a simplified financial satellite with two equations representing credit growth and change in the provision charge ratio. Our empirical results show that a 3 percent (±1pp margin) quarterly increase in credit to the private sector is, in nominal terms, optimal for financial stability and sustainable growth in Romania.

Keywords: Operational research in banking; Optimal credit growth; Risk analysis; Financial stability; Quadratic variable systems dynamics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C32 E32 E44 E47 G21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2015.01.004

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