Jul 1, 2008
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The BIS Annual Report provides an overview of cross-border lending and interbank exposures. “International claims of BIS reporting banks rose from $6 trillion in 1990 to $37 trillion in 2007 (equivalent to over 70% of world GDP.) The withdrawal of institutions from a major national banking system from international lending could affect advanced industrial economies as well as constrain the financing of emerging markets.”
Which main banking systems have the highest foreign exposures? To which other banking systems?


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