Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189856 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 815
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We investigate the U.S. experience with macroprudential policies by studying the interagency guidance on leveraged lending. We find that the guidance primarily impacted large, closely supervised banks, but only after supervisors issued important clarifications. It also triggered a migration of leveraged lending to nonbanks. While we do not find that nonbanks had more lax lending policies than banks, we unveil important evidence that nonbanks increased bank borrowing following the issuance of guidance, possibly to finance their growing leveraged lending. The guidance was effective at reducing banks' leveraged lending activity, but it is less clear whether it accomplished its broader goal of reducing the risk that these loans pose for the stability of the financial system. Our findings highlight the importance of supervisory monitoring for macroprudential policy goals, and the challenge that the revolving door of risk poses to the effectiveness of macroprudential regulations.
Subjects: 
macroprudential regulation
leveraged loans
banks
enforcement
supervision
shadow banking
JEL: 
G18
G21
G23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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