Determinants of credit growth and interest margins in the Philippines and Asia /

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Author / Creator:	Tan, Tatum Blaise Pua, author.
Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012.
Description:	1 online resource (25 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	IMF working paper ; WP/12/123 IMF working paper ; WP/12/123.
Subject:	Credit -- Philippines -- Econometric models. Credit -- Asia -- Econometric models. Interest rates -- Philippines -- Econometric models. Interest rates -- Asia -- Econometric models. Credit -- Econometric models. Economic history. Interest rates -- Econometric models. Philippines -- Economic conditions. Asia -- Economic conditions. Asia. Philippines. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12500235

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Other authors / contributors:	International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Department, issuing body.
Notes:	Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed May 25, 2012). "Asia and Pacific Department." "May 2012." Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Despite robust deposit growth, credit growth has been sluggish in the Philippines. We attribute this to legacy weaknesses in bank balance sheets, consumption-led economic growth, and relatively high net interest margins. Bank-level analysis suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise with bank size, bank capitalization, foreign ownership, overhead costs and tax rates. Using bank-level data for a number of Asian economies, we find that higher growth, lower inflation, higher reserve requirements, greater banking sector development, smaller stock market development and lower government deficits reduce net interest margins, informing the policy debate on strengthening financial intermediation in the Philippines.

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