The Financial Stability Report: some answers from the Q&A
This short piece describes the answers given during the Q&A regarding the 2024 NBB-Financial Stability Report (Brussels, 22 May 2024) . It discusses the importance of a bank’s balance sheet as well as competition and taxation in interpreting the transmission of monetary policy to lending and deposit rates. It also briefly touches upon recent academic insights regarding how ESG impacts on bank lending policies.