Mapping the Shadow Banking System Through a Global Flow of Funds Analysis

Download or read book Mapping the Shadow Banking System Through a Global Flow of Funds Analysis written by Mr.Luca Errico and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents an approach to understanding the shadow banking system in the United States using a new Global Flow of Funds (GFF) conceptual framework developed by the IMF’s Statistics Department (STA). The GFF uses external stock and flow matrices to map claims between sector-location pairs. Our findings highlight the large positions and gross flows of the U.S. banking sector (ODCs) and its interconnectedness with the banking sectors in the Euro area and the United Kingdom. European counterparties are large holders of U.S. other financial corporations (OFCs) debt securities. We explore the relationship between credit to domestic entities and the growth of non-core liabilities. We find that external debt liabilities of the financial sector are procyclical and are closely aligned with domestic credit growth.