n this section we show that the impact of staggered interest rates setting on the crisis probability(our measure of financial stability, i.e. the crisis probability) depends on the sign of the shockhitting the economy. Specifically, we shall see that in response to positive shocks to the risk-freeinterest rate, the probability of a crisis in the sticky price economy is lower (increases less) thanin the in the flex-price economy. Instead, in response to negative shocks to the risk-free interestrate, the crisis probability is higher (it falls less) than in the flex-rates economy. In this sense, wesay that interest rate rigidities have an asymmetric impact on financial stability.We first analyze the effect of a positive shock to the risk-free interest rate (Figure 3). The bench