Publications & Research

Staff Insights 2022


Type Title Authors Date
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
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
Research Bulletin 2022 - Article Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Main findings from the 2020 wave Valentina Antonaroli, Warren Deguara, Aleandra Muscat 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin 2022 - Article A comparison between registered and advertised rents in Malta Brian Micallef, Tiziana Marie Gauci 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin 2022 - Article The direct impact of the recovery and resilience facility fund in Malta Noel Rapa 2 December 2022
Research Bulletin 2022 - Article Bayesian estimation of MEDSEA-FIN William Gatt Fenech 2 December 2022
QR 2022:4 - Article 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
Report Green finance in the local capital markets Alistair Borg, Therese Lethridge, Kimberley C. Mifsud, Alan Psaila, Emmanuel Farrugia 16 September 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
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 S. Law, Kirsten Abela 28 July 2022
FSR 2021 - Box 2 Review of current efforts for mitigating climate risk and related scenario design David S. 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
Outlook 2022:2 - Box 1 Recent developments and forecasts of food prices in Malta Abigail Marie Rapa 10 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
AR 2021 - Box 6

The sustainability of Maltese Government debt

John Farrugia 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
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
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