From Fragmentation to Financial Integration in Europe is a comprehensive study of the European Union financial system. It provides an overview of the issues central to securing a safer financial system for the European Union and looks at the responses to the global financial crisis, both at the macro level—the pendulum of financial integration and fragmentation—and at the micro level—the institutional reforms that are taking place to address the crisis. The emerging financial sector management infrastructure, including the proposed Single Supervisory Mechanism and other elements of a banking union for the euro area, are also discussed in detail.
An Overview of the European Union Institutions1
The Four-Level Regulatory Approach under the Lamfalussy Process
Net Financial Asset Positions of the Euro Area Periphery in percent of GDP
Net Financial Asset Positions of Emerging European Union countries in Percent of GDP
10-Year Government Bond Spreads vis-à-vis Germany
(percentage points)
Dispersion of 5-Year Credit Default Swap Premiums of Commercial Banks in the Euro Area
Interbank Claims of Euro Area (EA) Monetary Financial Institutions on Other Banks in the EU
Share of Deposits in Foreign-Owned Banks
(in percent)
Share of Loans Booked by Foreign-Owned Banks
(in percent)
Depth of Financial Sectors
Number of Credit Institutions
Global Systemically Important Banks: Total Assets
(June 2012)
Share of Total Bank Assets Booked in the EU
(end 2011)
Non-local Share of Banking System in the United States and Euro Area (1997–2011)
Loans from Resident and Nonresident Banks
Share of Total Bank Assets Booked in the EU
(end 2011)
Stock Market Capitalization in the U.K. and Rest of the EU, 1990–2010
(in trillions of U.S. dollars)
Sovereign Bond Spreads on German Bonds against Current Account/GDP
Sovereign Bond Spreads on German Bonds against Gross Government Debt/GDP
Interbank Assets of Euro Area (EA) Banks
Securities Other than Shares Held by Euro Area (EA) Banks
Loans to Non-Monetary Financial Institutions by Euro Area (EA) Banks
Shares and Equities Held by Euro Area (EA) Banks
Spillovers from the Sovereign to the Banks and Banks to Sovereign
Eurozone Periphery Average Sovereign CDS, Bank CDS, and Bank FVCDS
(Basis points, average 5-year spreads).
Relationships between Contingent Claims Analysis Capital Ratio (CCACR), Expected Default Frequency (EDF), fair-value credit default swap (FVCDS), and Expected Loss Ratio for a Typical Bank
Comparison of Ratings, Spreads, and Expected Default Frequencies (EDFs)
Network Measures: Degrees from and to Sovereigns
Italy: Sovereign, Banking System, Corporate Sector Expected Loss, Real GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Shock Scenario One—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Maximum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Two—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Maximum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Three—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Minimum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Four—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Minimum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Austria: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Belgium: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Denmark: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
France: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Germany: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Greece: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Ireland: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Italy: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Netherlands: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth and Credit Growth
Norway: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Portugal: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Spain: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Sweden: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Switzerland: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
United Kingdom: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
United States: Risk Indicators, GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Total Intra-European Union Foreign Exposure
Market Shares of Foreign Banks in EU Member States, 2011
(In percent)
EU: Current Account Balances
(In percent of GDP for each subgroup)
Selected Emerging European Countries
(Real Private Credit Index)
European Central Bank Monetary Financing Operations vis-à-vis Euro Area Banks
(In billions of euros)
Overview of Financial Structure
(in percent of GDP)
Capital-to-Asset Ratio
(in percent)
Individual EU Bank Core Tier 1 Ratios
Individual EU Bank Buffers
Five-Year Bank Credit Default Swap Spreads
Bank Lending in Selected EU Countries
Met and Unmet Demand for Bank Credit from Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Interest Rate on New Loans to Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Assets of EU and U.S. Banking Groups
(2011, in percent of GDP)
Deleveraging/Restructuring Plans1
(In percent of total assets)
Tier 1 Ratio of EU Banks 2008–121
Nonperforming Loan (NPL) Ratio of EU Banks
(NPLs to Total Loans)
Trends in Nonperforming Loans: Europe versus the United States
(in billions of euros)
Nonperforming Loan (NPL) Ratios (NPLs to Total Loans) Per Country
EU Large Banks Capital-to-Asset Ratio
EU Large Banks: Return on Equity (RoE) Distribution
Financial Integration in the EU
Intermediation Role of the Eurosystem
Funding Markets and Counterparty Risk
Funding Shocks to U.S. Money Market Funds (MMF)
Retail Deposits
Euro Area Bank Domestic and Cross-Border Deleveraging
Factors Contributing to Deleveraging
U.S. Dollar Activities of European Banks
Quantification of the Effects of Banking Stress
Intertwined Bank-Sovereign Stress
Banking Stress and the Real Economy
Exposures to the Domestic Sovereign
Retail Lending Conditions
Access to Finance of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Constraints on Access to Finance
Bank Lending
Net Financial Asset Positions of the Euro Area Periphery in percent of GDP
Net Financial Asset Positions of Emerging European Union countries in Percent of GDP
Dispersion of 5-Year Credit Default Swap Premiums of Commercial Banks in the Euro Area
Interbank Claims of Euro Area (EA) Monetary Financial Institutions on Other Banks in the EU
Non-local Share of Banking System in the United States and Euro Area (1997–2011)
Stock Market Capitalization in the U.K. and Rest of the EU, 1990–2010
(in trillions of U.S. dollars)
Eurozone Periphery Average Sovereign CDS, Bank CDS, and Bank FVCDS
(Basis points, average 5-year spreads).
Relationships between Contingent Claims Analysis Capital Ratio (CCACR), Expected Default Frequency (EDF), fair-value credit default swap (FVCDS), and Expected Loss Ratio for a Typical Bank
Italy: Sovereign, Banking System, Corporate Sector Expected Loss, Real GDP Growth, and Credit Growth
Shock Scenario One—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Maximum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Two—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Maximum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Three—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Minimum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
Shock Scenario Four—Sovereigns’ versus Banks’ Minimum Cumulative Fair-Value Spread Responses
European Central Bank Monetary Financing Operations vis-à-vis Euro Area Banks
(In billions of euros)
Met and Unmet Demand for Bank Credit from Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Trends in Nonperforming Loans: Europe versus the United States
(in billions of euros)
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