What is the impact of monetary policy on local commercial bank profitability in Thailand from 2002 to 2020?

Abstract

The paper investigated the relationship between monetary policy and commercial bank profitability in Thailand. The study used fixed effect panel model of quarterly bank data from the period of Q4/2002 to Q3/2020. The empirical results showed that changes in 14-day repurchase rate (Repo) had positive impact on the bank profitability (ROA and ROE). I also found that the size of the bank measured by total assets was only positively related to the ROE.