Cross-border Activity of Japanese Banks

November 22, 2013

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Waikei R Lam. Cross-border Activity of Japanese Banks, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed December 30, 2024

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Summary

This paper explores the determinants of Japanese banks’ overseas expansion and assesses whether the growing cross-border activity will continue under the new macroeconomic policies referred as “Abenomics”. The analysis finds that Japanese banks are well positioned to scale up foreign exposures, thanks to their relative resilient balance sheets and continued growth in the region. Stronger domestic growth in Japan could mitigate the pace, but is unlikely to reverse the expansion as global and regional pull-factors play a more prominent role in the growth of cross-border claims. Increasing cross-border activity could pose funding risks and supervisory challenges and require continued close monitoring.

Subject: Banking, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Foreign currency exposure, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Loans, Money, Project loans, Syndicated loans

Keywords: Abenomics, Asia and Pacific, Bank, Bank lending, Banks' activity, Core profitability, Cross-border banking, Europe, Exchange rate, Foreign currency exposure, Funding risks, Global, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Japan, Japanese bank, Loan, Loans, Overseas activity, Overseas expansion, Project loans, Syndicated loans, Trust bank, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

18
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2013/235
Stock No:

WPIEA2013235
ISBN:

9781475520484
ISSN:

1018-5941

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