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Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557750587.084
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
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...
Back Matter »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
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...
Front Matter »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
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...
I Introduction »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
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 s...
II Recent Developments »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
The year 1982 was one of turmoil in financial markets. Banking problems, as measured, say, by the tiering of interest rates, were not as severe as in 1974–75, but it is nonetheless likely that substantial ch...
III Financial Consequences of International Banking Problems »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
The immediate consequences of problems in international banking would be financial—the disruption of payments mechanisms and the breakdown of financial intermediation. If unchecked, these could quickly impin...
IV Possible Sources of Banking Problems »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
As in all financial intermediation, risk is an inherent feature of international banking. This section describes the risks involved and discusses some of the threats these risks pose to the continuity of int...
V Prudential Safeguards for Bank Solvency12 »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
The first line of defense for the stability of banking systems is that individual banks themselves act so as to reduce the risk of failure. Financial intermediation is inherently risky; therefore, banks must...
VI Prudential Safeguards for Bank Liquidity »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
Since no system of prudential control can eliminate the possibility of bank failure, depositors can never be certain that banks will be able to repay their deposits; and if doubts arise about the solvency of...
VII International Aspects of Official Support for Banks »
Source: Aspects of the International Banking Safety Net
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): G. Johnson , and Richard Abrams
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 1983
ISBN: 9781557750587
Keywords: banking, deposit insurance, banking system, international banks, national bank
Viewed from an international perspective, deposit insurance plays a relatively minor role in bolstering the confidence of depositors. There are also a number of gaps in coverage by lenders of last resort, in...