Rodríguez, María archivos

Bank margins: Price, volume and composition effects - Spain in a European context

17 julio 2024

Two years since the start of the rate hiking cycle, various factors have shaped the trend in margins, with some clearly positive while others less favourable, raising doubts over the sustainability of current margins. A disaggregation of the rate, volume and funding reconfiguration effects helps to explain the incremental growth in the Spanish banks’ net interest margin relative to their European counterparts.

Efecto precio, volumen y composición en el margen bancario: España frente a Europa

10 julio 2024

El objetivo de este artículo es descomponer el efecto de los tipos, volúmenes, y recomposición de masas, en el comportamiento diferencial del margen de intereses en el sector bancario español frente al europeo.

Mortgage prepayment: An alternative to saving

29 noviembre 2023

After one year of intense interest rate increases, coupled with very slow pass-through to deposit rates, households have moved decisively to reconfigure their savings, and also
their borrowings. In this process of recomposition of household financial flows and the search for an alternative to deposits, the early cancellation of debts, especially variable rate mortgages, which are undoubtedly the most affected by the rise in interest rates, has
gained increasing significance.

Cancelación de hipotecas como alternativa de ahorro

22 noviembre 2023

Este artículo analiza la magnitud del proceso de cancelación anticipada de hipotecas mediante un análisis conjunto de las series de concesión hipotecaria y de saldos vivos de dicho tipo de deuda, así como su contraste con las métricas históricas de vencimiento natural de la deuda hipotecaria.