Cepni, OguzhanDemirer, RizaGupta, RanganSensoy, Ahmet2023-08-032023-08-032022-12Cepni, O., Demirer, R., Gupta, R., & Sensoy, A. (2022). Interest rate uncertainty and the predictability of bank revenues. Journal of Forecasting, 41(8), 1559–1569. https://doi.org/10.1002/for.2884.0277-6693 (print)1099-131X (online)10.1002/for.2884http://hdl.handle.net/2263/91781DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The data that support the findings of this study are openly available online (at https://www.chicagofed.org/banking/financial-institution-reports/bhc-data).This paper examines the predictive power of interest rate uncertainty over pre-provision net revenues (PPNR) in a large panel of bank holding companies (BHC). Utilizing a linear dynamic panel model based on Bayes predictor, we show that supplementing forecasting models with interest rate uncertainty improves the forecasting performance with the augmented model yielding lower forecast errors in comparison to a baseline model which includes unemployment rate, federal funds rate, and spread variables. Further separating PPNRs into two components that reflect net interest and non-interest income, we show that the predictive power of interest rate uncertainty is concentrated on the non-interest component of bank revenues. Finally, examining the point predictions under a severely stressed scenario, we show that the model can successfully predict the negative effect on overall bank revenues with a rise in the non-interest component of income during 2009:Q1. Overall, the findings suggest that stress testing exercises that involve bank revenue models can benefit from the inclusion of interest rate uncertainty and the cross-sectional information embedded in the panel of BHCs.en© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Forecasting published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License.Interest rate uncertaintyPre-provision net revenues (PPNR)Bank holding companies (BHC)Bank stress testsEmpirical BayesOut-of-sample forecastsArticle