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Japan: Finance and Banking

Appears in: Asia/Pacific, Finance and Banking, Japan, Northeast Asia, Banks

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Japan's financial sector is characterized by its size and sophistication. In 2010, Japan's financial assets were equivalent to 1,119% of GDP, compared to 831% in the US and 652% in Germany, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit. Notwithstanding the size of Japan's financial sector, loan demand and profitability among Japanese banks remains low given near-zero interest rates and sluggish economic growth.

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Associated Readings

Research Nomura Research Institute Sep 21, 2010 Demographic Aging and Japan's Public Pension System Analysis Economist Intelligence Unit Sep 20, 2010 Mountains of money? Asset management in Japan Analysis IMF Oct 18, 2010 Japan: 2010 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion Analysis Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco August 2009 Japan’s Cross-Shareholding Legacy: the Financial Impact on Banks Analysis Nomura Economic Research T. Miwa Sep 11, 2009 The impact of international accounting standards on Japanese financial institutions Analysis Citigroup Hironari Nozaki and Kana Saito Jul 31, 2009 Bank sector: Earnings starting to stabilize Analysis IMF Jul 15, 2009 Japan: Selected Issue; The Outlook for Financing Japan’s Public Debt; Japan and the Global Financial System: Spillovers and Systemic Linkages; Current Challenges Facing SMEs in Japan Analysis Financial Services Agency Sep 11, 2009 Exposures of Japanese deposit-taking institutions to subprime-related products and securitized products based on the leading practices summarized in the FSF report Analysis Economist Apr 09, 2009 Japanese banks: A capital affair

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