Search for Yield: How a Change to the Deposit Insurance Limit Affects Households’ Portfolio Allocation
H. Evren Damar, Reint E. Gropp, Adi Mordel
Journal of Banking and Finance,
forthcoming
Abstract
We study how an increase to the deposit insurance limit affects households’ portfolio allocation. Using unique data on individual deposit accounts, a suitable natural experiment, along with detailed information on Canadian households’ portfolio holdings, we show that households respond by drawing down deposits and shifting towards mutual funds and stocks. These outflows amount to 2.8% of outstanding household deposits. The mechanism underlying these portfolio adjustments relies on differences in deposit betas of insured vs. uninsured deposits. More generous deposit insurance coverage, hence, may result in non-trivial adjustments to household portfolios.
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Konjunktur aktuell: Deutsche Konjunktur belebt sich – Rückenwind von Weltwirtschaft und Finanzpolitik
Konjunktur aktuell,
No. 3,
2026
Abstract
Die deutsche Wirtschaft befindet sich trotz höherer Energiepreise und anhaltender Risiken durch den Golfkonflikt auf Erholungskurs. Eine steigende Auslandsnachfrage und zusätzliche staatliche Investitionen stützen die Konjunktur, während die Beschäftigung insbesondere im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe weiter rückläufig ist. Die Produktion dürfte in diesem Jahr um 1,4% und im kommenden Jahr um 0,8% zunehmen; in Ostdeutschland fällt die wirtschaftliche Erholung etwas schwächer aus.
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A Rear-mirror View to the 11th FIN-FIRE “Challenges to Financial Stability” Workshop
Erik Ködel, Michael Koetter
Wirtschaft im Wandel,
No. 3,
2025
Abstract
On September 25th, financial economists from all over the world travelled for the 11th time to Halle (Saale) to attend the annual FIN-FIRE Workshop at IWH. During two days, authors of ten papers covered a comprehensive overview of contemporary issues that pose potential challenges to the financial system, including data privacy in mortgage markets, climate risks in bond markets, synthetic risk transfers, the effects of geopolitical risks for lending, as well as granular perspectives on the transmission of monetary policy. An intense exchange of thoughts between authors, discussants, and the audience yielded genuinely new insights into the resilience and fragility of financial systems.
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11.12.2025 • 34/2025
Slight upturn on the horizon, structural problems remain
As the year draws to a close, it remains uncertain whether the German economy is on a path to recovery, as export weakness persisted through the autumn. Nevertheless, a slight upturn is forecast for 2026, supported by fiscal stimulus and rising real incomes. According to the winter forecast of the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), output is projected to grow by 1.0% in 2026, after an increase of just 0.2% in 2025. In September, the IWH economists had predicted growth of 0.8% for 2026 and 0.2% for the current year. According to this forecast, the pace of expansion in East Germany is expected to be slightly slower, mainly due to demographic factors.
Oliver Holtemöller
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