Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/130751 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Bundesbank Discussion Paper No. 11/2016
Publisher: 
Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
The US credit boom has been identified as one of the causes of the global financial crisis and the resulting debt overhang is seen as the primary reason for the weak economic recovery. Most of the existing literature links the credit boom to the emergence of the shadow banking system. This paper shows that the largest part of the shadow banking system merely transforms existing financial claims against ultimate borrowers that have been originated by traditional banks. Based on financial accounts data, it is estimated that, shortly before the onset of the financial crisis, just about 12% of loans to the non-financial private sector had been originated by shadow banks. Consequently, dampening credit creation by the traditional banking sector might be an additional policy instrument to reduce the build-up of systemic risk in the shadow banking system.
Subjects: 
banks
credit boom
credit creation
financial crisis
shadow banks
systemic risk
JEL: 
E40
E50
F30
G21
G23
ISBN: 
978-3-95729-248-3
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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