Leverage—A Broader View

March 19, 2018

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Manmohan Singh, and Zohair Alam. Leverage—A Broader View, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2018) accessed December 21, 2024

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Summary

Traditional measures of leverage in the financial system tend to reflect bank balance sheet data. The paper argues that these traditional, bank-centric measures should be augmented by considering pledged collateral in the financial system since pledged collateral provides a measure of an important part of nonbank funding to banks. From a policy perspective, the paper suggests that a broader view on leverage will enhance our understanding of global systemic risk, and complement the theoretical work in this field by providing a link from micro-level leverage data to macro aggregates such as credit to the economy.

Subject: Accounting standards, Bank credit, Banking, Collateral, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial statements, Money, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Accounting standards, Bank credit, Bank leverage, Bank-nonbank nexus, Collateral, Commercial banks, Financial stability, Financial statements, Global, Leverage ratio, Nonbank funding, Nonbank leverage, Nonbank relationship, Nonbank-bank nexus, Off-balance sheet, Pledged collateral, Regulations, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

28
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Series:

Working Paper No. 2018/062
Stock No:

WPIEA2018062
ISBN:

9781484347034
ISSN:

1018-5941

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