Monday, August 18, 2014

How to regulate shadow banks

............Many economists argue that the forms of shadow banking are so diverse that the current literature on its regulation (that tends to be largely US-centric) has little relevance. It is difficult to disagree with this entirely but a couple of things need to be borne in mind. First, financial instruments and structures similar to the US are slowly evolving in India. I would take the case of money market mutual funds and their increasing role in disintermediation - companies issuing short-term debt (commercial paper) instead of borrowing from banks. Let me make a quick qualification. We are ...................

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