Publications

All Publications & Research 2022

Type Title Authors Date
Policy Note 07/2022 Global oil price swings and shipping disruptions: Do they matter for Malta? Germano Ruisi 23 December 2022
WP/06/2022 Assessing the impacts of the COVID-19 wage supplement scheme: A microsimulation study Glenn Abela 20 December 2022
Outlook 2022:4 - Box 3 The impact of Budget 2023 targets on the Bank's fiscal projections John Farrugia 19 December 2022
Outlook 2022:4 - Box 2 Inflation developments in Malta compared with the euro area Abigail Marie Rapa 19 December 2022
Outlook 2022:4 - Box 1 Reviewing the energy block within the narrow inflation projection exercise Ian Borg 19 December 2022
FSR 2022 - Special Feature Special Feature: The effect of rising interest rates on households’ mortgage repayment capabilities Christian Mamo, Shaun Zaffarese 12 December 2022
Research Bulletin - Article Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Main findings from the 2020 wave Valentina Antonaroli, Warren Deguara, Aleandra Muscat 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin - Article A comparison between registered and advertised rents in Malta Brian Micallef, Tiziana Marie Gauci 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin - Article The direct impact of the recovery and resilience facility fund in Malta Noel Rapa 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin - Article Bayesian estimation of MEDSEA-FIN William Gatt Fenech 2 December 2022
QR 2022:4 - Box 4 Developments in the information and communication sector Joanna Borg Caruana, Michaela Ghigo 16 November 2022
QR 2022:4 - Box 3 Transactions at point of sale (POS) terminals in Malta between 2017 and 2021 Victoria Briffa 16 November 2022
QR 2022:4 - Box 2 Excess demand for banknotes in Malta Brian Micallef, Tiziana Marie Gauci 16 November 2022
QR 2022:4 - Box 1 Constructing a new advertised house price index Erica Maria Brincat, Michaela Ghigo 16 November 2022
WP/05/2022 MEDSEA-FIN: An estimated DSGE model with housing and financial frictions for Malta William Gatt 3 October 2022
Green finance in the local capital markets Alistair Borg, Therese Lethridge, Kimberley Charlie Mifsud, Alan Psaila, Emmanuel Farrugia 16 September 2022
Policy Note 06/2022 The impact of Brexit on Maltese firms - Insights from a survey with local non-financial corporations Warren Deguara, Erica Maria Brincat, Aleandra Muscat 15 September 2022                   
Policy Note 05/2022 The impact of COVID-19 on longer careers - An initial assessment for Malta Aaron G. Grech 10 August 2022
QR 2022:3 - Box 5 Liquidity conditions and monetary policy operations from maintenance period 1 to maintenance period 8 of 2021 Ritlen Abela 3 August 2022
QR 2022:3 - Box 4 Malta's long-term ageing expenditure forecasts - The impact of migration assumptions Aaron G. Grech 3 August 2022
QR 2022:3 - Box 3 Malta's climate-relevant fiscal measures Juergen Attard, Larissa Vella 3 August 2022
QR 2022:3 - Box 2 The economic effects of the COVID-19 tourism downturn Noel Rapa 3 August 2022
QR 2022:3 - Box 1 Merchandise trade between Malta and selected MENA countries (2011-2021) Ahmed Hnesh 3 August 2022
FSR 2021 - Box 4 Insights from the Central Bank of Malta survey on buffer usability Brendon Cassar, Jurgen Grima, Mariah Dimech 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Special Feature 2 Net stable funding ratio stress test Kirsten Abela 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Box 3 Treatment of debt securities in the macro stress testing's current climate-related adverse scenario David Stephen Law, Kirsten Abela 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Box 2 Review of current efforts for mitigating climate risk and related scenario design David Stephen Law, Kirsten Abela 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Box 1 Bank lending survey results - 2021  Ariana Bartolo 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Special Feature 1 Assessing cyclical risks in Malta Christian Mamo, Andrew Spiteri 28 July 2022
Do EU-wide stress tests affect insurers’ dividend policies? Petr Jakubik, Saida Teleu 23 June 2022
QR 2022:2 - Box 4 The Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 pandemic Juergen Attard, John Farrugia 19 May 2022
QR 2022:2 - Box 3 Malta’s governance framework: Insights from international governance indicators Nathaniel Debono 19 May 2022
QR 2022:2 - Box 2 The characteristics associated with the short and long-term unemployed in the Maltese labour market Ian Borg, Rafael Fearne 19 May 2022
QR 2022:2 - Box 1

Business investment and investment finance in Malta – Evidence from the EIBIS 2021 Survey

EIB 19 May 2022
Policy Note 04/2022 Constructing a new advertised house price index Erica Maria Brincat, Michaela Ghigo 5 May 2022
AR 2021 - Box 6 The sustainability of Maltese Government debt John Farrugia 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 5 Economic Projections 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 4 Sectoral contributions to aggregate labour productivity and ULC growth 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 3 Advertised rents in Malta Brian Micallef, Tiziana Marie Gauci 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 2 Overview of the financial assets and liabilities of the Maltese economy by institutional sector Kimberly Mamo, Janica Borg 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 1

Access to Finance in 2021

Sandra Zerafa 27 April 2022
WP/04/2022 A stress testing framework for the Maltese household sector Kirsten Abela, Ilias Georgakopoulus 1 April 2022
Policy Note 03/2022 The role of fiscal policy in climate change mitigation and adaptation in Malta Juergen Attard, Larissa Vella 25 March 2022
WP/03/2022 The spillover of euro area shocks to the Maltese economy William Gatt, Germano Ruisi 17 February 2022
WP/02/2022 Nowcasting the Maltese economy with a dynamic factor model Reuben Ellul, Germano Ruisi 17 February 2022
QR 2022:1 - Box 3 Exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices in Malta Glenn Abela Noel Rapa 3 February 2022
QR 2022:1 - Box 2 Trends in educational attainment in Malta Tiziana Marie Gauci 3 February 2022
QR 2022:1 - Box 1

Mitigation measures, prevalence response and public mobility during the COVID-19 emergency

Noel Rapa 3 February 2022
Policy Note 02/2022 Excess demand for banknotes in Malta Brian Micallef Tiziana Gauci 17 January 2022
Policy Note 01/2022 Who are the (dis)savers? A look at household saving patterns and wealth composition in Malta Glenn Abela, William Gatt 17 January 2022
WP/01/2022 Considerations on the Monetary Policy Framework of the European Central Bank Andrea Giorgio Tosato 7 January 2022