Publications & Research

All Publications & Research 2022

Type Title Authors Date
Economic Update Economic Update 12/2022 Central Bank of Malta 23 December 2022
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
Outlook 2022:4 Outlook 2022:4 Central Bank of Malta 16 December 2022
Interim FSR 2022 - Special Feature Special Feature: The effect of rising interest rates on households’ mortgage repayment capabilities Christian Mamo, Shaun Zaffarese 12 December 2022
Interim FSR Interim FSR 2022 Central Bank of Malta 12 December 202
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
Economic Update Economic Update 11/2022 Central Bank of Malta 25 November 2022
Research Bulletin Research Bulletin 2022 Central Bank of Malta 23 November 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
Quarterly Review QR 2022:4 Central Bank of Malta 8 November 2022
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2022:4 Central Bank of Malta 28 October 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 10/2022 Central Bank of Malta 26 October 2022
WP/05/2022 MEDSEA-FIN: An estimated DSGE model with housing and financial frictions for Malta William Gatt 3 October 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 9/2022 Central Bank of Malta 27 September 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
Economic Update Economic Update 8/2022 Central Bank of Malta 25 August 2022
Outlook 2022:3 - Box 2 The indirect impact of high food inflation on the development and outlook of catering services prices Abigail Marie Rapa 12 August 2022
Outlook 2022:3 - Box 1 Pandemic-related excess savings - How will this affect private consumption in the coming years? Ian Borg 12 August 2022
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2022:3 Central Bank of Malta 12 August 2022
Policy Note 05/2022 The impact of COVID-19 on longer careers - An initial assessment for Malta Aaron G. Grech 10 August 2022
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2022:3 Central Bank of Malta 5 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
Quarterly Review QR 2022:3 Central Bank of Malta 2 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
Economic Update Economic Update 7/2022 Central Bank of Malta 27 July 2022
FSR Financial Stability Report 2021 Central Bank of Malta 25 July 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 6/2022 Central Bank of Malta 24 June 2022
Do EU-wide stress tests affect insurers’ dividend policies? Petr Jakubik, Saida Teleu 23 June 2022
Outlook 2022:2 - Box 1 Recent developments and forecasts of food prices in Malta Abigail Marie Rapa 10 June 2022
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2022:2 Central Bank of Malta 10 June 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 5/2022 Central Bank of Malta 27 May 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
Quarterly Review QR 2022:2 Central Bank of Malta 18 May 2022
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2022:2 Central Bank of Malta 5 May 2022
Policy Note 04/2022 Constructing a new advertised house price index Erica Maria Brincat, Michaela Ghigo 5 May 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 4/2022 Central Bank of Malta 29 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 6 The sustainability of Maltese Government debt John Farrugia 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 5 Economic Projections Central Bank of Malta 27 April 2022
AR 2021 - Box 4 Sectoral contributions to aggregate labour productivity and ULC growth Central Bank of Malta 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
Annual Report AR 2021 Central Bank of Malta 27 April 2022
WP/04/2022 A stress testing framework for the Maltese household sector Kirsten Abela, Ilias Georgakopoulus 1 April 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 3/2022 Central Bank of Malta 28 March 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
Economic Update Economic Update 2/2022 Central Bank of Malta 24 February 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
Outlook 2022:1 - Box 2 The macroeconomic effects of RRF funds Noel Rapa, Glenn Abela 17 February 2022
Outlook 2022:1 - Box 1 Forecast of EU-funded government investment John Farrugia, Juergen Attard 17 February 2022
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2022:1 Central Bank of Malta 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
Quarterly Review QR 2022:1 Central Bank of Malta 3 February 2022
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2022:1 Central Bank of Malta 28 January 2022
Economic Update Economic Update 1/2022 Central Bank of Malta 25 January 2022
Policy Note 02/2022 Excess demand for banknotes in Malta Brian Micallef, Tiziana Marie 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