Financial Stability Report 43
- published:
- June 2022
Financial Stability Report 43 im Überblick (German only) (PDF, 255 kB) de Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Management summary (PDF, 165 kB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
International macroeconomic environment: war in Ukraine endangers global recovery amid high uncertainty and surging inflation (PDF, 1.1 MB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Companies and households in Austria were recovering from the pandemic in 2021 (PDF, 880 kB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Austrian financial intermediaries benefited from improved environment in 2021 (PDF, 1.3 MB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Nontechnical summaries in English (PDF, 147 kB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Nontechnical summaries in German (PDF, 147 kB) de Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Changes in banks’ rating assignments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF, 1.2 MB) Barmeier, Haller. In this study, we investigate how banks in Austria have reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic in their assignment of ratings to nonfinancial corporations. Relying on public information on beneficiaries of COVID-19 support measures, we focus in particular on changes in ratings of debtors that received state aid, e.g. in the form of public guarantees and direct grants. In the first waves of the pandemic, the overall rating structure of nonfinancial corporate exposures deteriorated, but since the second half of 2021, the rating structure has improved. We see that already before the pandemic, debtors that later received COVID-19 support were of lower creditworthiness than the nonfinancial sector average. Also, these debtors were affected to a greater extent by increases in the probability of default (PD) and rating downgrades. en financial stability, credit risk management, internal credit ratings, COVID-19 pandemic G18, G21 Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Annex: Key financial indicators (PDF, 354 kB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
Annex: Key financial indicators (XLSX, 92 kB) en Jun 15, 2022, 12:00:00 AM