Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
March 15, 1983
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During the 1970s, international lending by banks came to play a dominant role in the flow of international finance. In the early 1980s, banks have continued to play a major role, but the recent evidence of strains in international banking has raised questions about the prospects for continuity of international intermediation by banks.
Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Distressed institutions, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, International banking, Lender of last resort, Money
Keywords: Africa, bank, bank assets, bank capital, Bank credit, bank liability, bank supervisor, Central and Eastern Europe, Commercial banks, deposit, depositor, Distressed institutions, Foreign banks, Global, Lender of last resort, lending, Middle East, OP, parent bank
Pages:
41
Volume:
1983
DOI:
Issue:
002
Series:
Occasional Paper No. 1983/002
Stock No:
S017EA0000000
ISBN:
9781557750587
ISSN:
0251-6365
