Occasional Papers

Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net

By G. G. Johnson, Richard K. Abrams

March 15, 1983

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G. G. Johnson, and Richard K. Abrams Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1983) accessed December 3, 2024

Summary

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

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    41

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Occasional Paper No. 1983/002

  • Stock No:

    S017EA0000000

  • ISBN:

    9781557750587

  • ISSN:

    0251-6365

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