When is U.S. bank lending to emerging markets volatile?

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• When is US bank lending to emerging markets volatile?

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"Using bank-specific data on U.S. bank claims on individual foreign countries since the mid-1980s, this paper (1) characterizes the size and portfolio diversification patterns of the U.S. banks engaging in foreign lending, and (2) econometrically explores the determinants of fluctuations in U.S. bank claims on a broad set of countries. U.S. bank claims on Latin American and Asian emerging markets, and on industrialized countries, are sensitive to U.S. macroeconomic conditions. When the United States grows rapidly, there is substitution between claims on industrialized countries and claims on the United States. The pattern of response of claims on emerging markets to U.S. conditions differs across banks of different sizes and across emerging market regions. Moreover, we find that, unlike U.S. bank claims on industrialized countries, claims on emerging markets are not highly sensitive to local country GDP and interest rates"--Federal Reserve Bank of New York web site.

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• Econometric models

Series Statement

• NBER working paper series -- no. 8209
• Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 8209.

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• When is U.S. bank lending to emerging markets volatile?National Bureau of Economic Research2001-01-01
• When is U.S. bank lending to emerging markets volatile?Electronic resourceFederal Reserve Bank of New York2001-01-01