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... increasehasbeennotable,  72 Thisisnottodenysuccessfuleffortsbyanumber of countries,includingChina,toexpandmarketsinother EME’s. Of coursethisstillleaves the broaderquestion of the robustness of the totality of thosemarketsin the event of aseriousdownturnin the AME’s. 73 ThisproblemisanalogoustothatfacedbyJapanesecorporationsin the 1990’s,aftermanyyears of debt financedinvestmentwhichprovedunprofitable.Koo(2003)stronglycontendsthat the weakness of investment spendinginJapanin the 1990’swasduetothis“balancesheeteffect”,andwasnotdueto ashortage of loans causedbyaweakenedbankingsystem. 74 SeeBIS(2012)p29forafullerdocumentation.AlsoseeMcKinsey(2010)whoidentify the householdsectorin five of the fourteencountriestheyconsiderashavingahighprobability of futuredeleveraging.TheyidentifySpain, the US, the UK,CanadaandKorea.While the householdsectorsinBrazil,Russia, ChinaandIndiawerenotjudged tobeoverleveraged,notethat the dataconsideredextendedonlyto2009.Thus the reportmissed the recent sharpincreasesinhouseholddebtlevelsinthosecountries. 45   TettG(2012)“Sizecanbedeadlyinalowrateworld”FinancialTimes17May  TurnerP.(2011)“Is the long‐terminterestrateapolicyvictim,apolicyvariableorapolicylodestar”–BIS WorkingPaper367,Basel,December  WaldropM.M.(1992)“Complexity”–LemonandSchuster Paperbacks–NewYork  WedelJR.(2009)“ShadowElite”–BasicBooks,NewYork  WhiteW.R(2004)“ArechangesinFinancialStructureExtendingSafetyNets?”–BISWorkingPaper250, Basel  WhiteW.R(2006a)“IsPriceStabilityEnough?”–BISWorkingPaper205,April  White ... is importanttonotethatKeyneshimselfwasnotconvinced of the effectiveness of easymoneyin restoring real growth in the face of a Deep Slump. This is one of the principal insights of the GeneralTheory. 21 Incurrentcircumstances,twoquestions ... term expectedcosts.Undoubtedlythiswouldbeverypainful,but(bydefinition)lesspainfulthan the alternative of notdoingso.JohnKennethGalbraithtoucheduponasimilarpracticalconundrum someyearsagowhenhesaid 20  “Politicsisnot the art of the possible. Itischoosingbetween the unpalatableand the disastrous”. Thismightwellbewhere the centralbanks of the AME’sarenowheaded,absent the vigorous pursuitbygovernments of the alternativepoliciessuggestedabove. B....

... Sources of Bank Reserves Figure 5 illustrates the link between the size of the Federal Reserve s liquidity facilities and the quantity of reserves in the banking system. The top half of this ... Skeie. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve System. 11 Sources of ... and left the proceeds from the sale of these securities on deposit at the Federal Reserve; the net effect of this operation was to remove reserves from the banking system. The size of this program...

... postponed the sale of shares due to the poor performance of the domestic stock market. The bank reportedly plans to conduct its IPO in the second half of 2011 and sell up to a 20% stake, 10% of which ... in the Asia Pacific region. The views expressed in this publication are solely that of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of the Federal Reserve System. V ietnam’s banking ... Techcombank Sacombank Wholly Foreign-Owned Banks HSBC Standard Chartered Bank ANZ Bank Shinhan Bank Hong Leong Bank Joint Venture Banks (JV Bank Name) (Vietnamese and Foreign JV Bank...

... that the current inflation rate depends on its lagged values, on the fluctuation of the exchange rate in the previous period and on the two-period lag of the output gap. The verticality of the ... Reserva del Perú. The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not reflect necessarily the position of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. 15 Terms of trade gap ( ) t tt ... non- significance of the real interest rate coefficient in the aggregate supply equation. Another result that is noteworthy concerns the effect of the terms of trade gap on the output gap. The evidence...

... credit to AIG, and other Fed assets. Liabilities: Other—Reverse repos, Treasury cash holdings, and deposits with Federal Reserve Banks other than reserve balances and excluding the Supplementary ... Federal Reserve Summary The balance sheet remained little changed, decreasing by $9 billion for the week ended September 15. Bank reserve balances decreased $118 billion, offset ... 2012. As of September 22, the futures market for fed funds indicates an implied rate of about 24 bps for the July 2011 contract. Source: Bloomberg September 22, 2010 Federal Reserve Balance...

... tobias.adrian@ny.frb.org). The views expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reect the position of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve System. Abstract The ... that the understanding of the plumbing of the shadow banking system is an important underpinning of any study of systemic interlinkages within the financial system. The remainder of the paper ... contraction in the size of the shadow banking system, thereby protecting the broader economy from the dangers of a collapse in the supply of credit as the financial crisis unfolded. While these programs...

... those of the authors and are not necessar- ily reective of views at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve System. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the authors. Federal ... support of FHLB liabilities by the US Government. The secured nature of an advance, as well as the lien the Federal Home Loan Bank has on the other assets of the borrower, means that the claims of ... during the crisis is the role of re-hypothecation of collateral by dealers. Singh and Aitken (2009) investigate the role of re-hypothecation in the shadow banking system. Re-hypothecation is the...

... Reserve Bank of Boston www.bos.frb.org Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago www.chicagofed.org Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland www.clevelandfed.org Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas www.dallasfed.org Federal ... a Federal reserve system making sense OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE 1 MAKING SENSE OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE 17 1. Who created the Federal Reserve System? (page 1) 2. Name the three parts of the Federal ... tours of Federal Reserve banks and lend videos and DVDs about the economy to classrooms. Web sites at each Reserve bank and the Board of Governors broaden the reach of the Federal Reserve s...

... is the purpose of the Financial Remediation Framework? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) have developed the ... available since the origination of the loan, the estimated value of the home at the time of error will be based on the estimated value of the home at loan origination adjusted by the Case-Schiller ... modification agreement will determine whether or not the borrower is considered to be in 1 Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System JUNE 21, 2012...

... among other things, the validity of the assumptions, the severity of tests, the robustness of the estimates, the performance of any underlying models, and the stability and reasonableness of the ... 1 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Guidance on Stress Testing for Banking Organizations ... ensure that the scenarios continue to be timely and relevant. SR Letter 12-7 Attachment 2 viability. 2 The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal...

... irrespective of the amount of the loan. However, the larger the loan, the larger the amount of the repayment installment, and a large installment may strain the repayment capacity of the borrower ... 2008. Report of the Sub-Committee of the Central Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India to Study Issues and Concerns in the MFI Sector RESERVE BANK OF INDIA ... b) There has, therefore, to be a linkage between the amount of the loan and the tenure of the loan. It is, therefore, suggested that for loans not exceeding Rs. 15,000, the tenure of the loan...