Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/93634 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Staff Report No. 638
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, NY
Abstract: 
We provide a framework for monitoring the shadow banking system. The shadow banking system consists of a web of specialized financial institutions that conduct credit, maturity, and liquidity transformation without direct, explicit access to public backstops. The lack of such access to sources of government liquidity and credit backstops makes shadow banks inherently fragile. Shadow banking activities are often intertwined with core regulated institutions such as bank holding companies, security brokers and dealers, and insurance companies. These interconnections of shadow banks with other financial institutions create sources of systemic risk for the broader financial system. We describe elements of monitoring risks in the shadow banking system, including recent efforts by the Financial Stability Board.
Subjects: 
shadow banking
financial stability monitoring
financial intermediation
JEL: 
E44
G00
G01
G28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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