In this paper we try to estimate effects of financial deepness and capital account liberalization on economic growth, investment and the total factor productivity (TFP) in Slovenia from 1993 to the second quarter of 2001. We find out that the only positive effect of capital account liberalization was increased credits to private sector. On the other hand, financial depth has a positive and significant effect on economic growth and investment, but not on the TFP growth. Moreover, it is not likely that also capital account liberalization positively affects above specified choice variables. Namely, financial deepening is achieved through development of adequate institutions and sustainable macroeconomic policies. Once financial system is set in the country, capital account liberalization takes place.
9 financial-sector-development-and-poverty-reductionAwais e Siraj
This document discusses the relationship between financial sector development and poverty reduction. It argues that financial sector development is an effective way to reduce poverty through four main avenues: improving efficiency, increasing access and range of services, improving regulation, and increasing access for more of the population. The financial sector is divided into four parts for analysis: banking, insurance, stock markets, and bond markets. Variables are identified to measure development in each sector. The study aims to analyze the relationship between financial sector development and poverty across different countries. Financial sector development leads to growth, which then reduces poverty, demonstrating a negative relationship between financial sector development and poverty.
Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus in Nigeriaiosrjce
The study assessed the impact of financial development on economic growth in Nigeria using time
series data from 1970 to 2012. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag bounds testing approach to cointegration
was utilized for this study. The result from the ARDL model indicate that the variables for this study are
cointegrated while the error correction term appeared significant and confirms that short-run disequilibria are
corrected up to about 50 percent annually. The empirical results reveals that financial development exerts
positive and significant impact on economic growth in the long-run while trade liberalization variables exert
negative impact on economic growth in the long-run indicating non-competitive nature of non-oil domestic
products in the international market. In the short-run, domestic credit is insignificant which indicates a dearth
of investible funds in the economy. There is evidence that financial development policies influence economic
growth in the long-run and not in the short-run. This study among others recommends the urgent need to
implement policies that will strengthen the deposit mobilization and intermediation efforts in the banking system
in other to deepen the financial system. Nigerian trade performance should be improved through economic
diversification and further availability of funds to private sector at competitive interest rate in order to produce
internationally competitive products.
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between financial development and economic growth in emerging market economies. The study uses empirical analysis through fixed effects regression models to examine how various financial development indicators, such as private credit levels, banking system assets, liquid liabilities, and stock market capitalization, impact per capita GDP growth in 27 emerging markets from 1960 to 2011. The results suggest that financial development can promote economic growth through indirect benefits, and several financial indicators were found to have a significant positive relationship with economic growth in the countries studied, including India. However, policies are needed to manage risks from financial openness and ensure credit quality.
Banking sector development and economic growth slides for presentation editedComrade Ibrahim Gani
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between banking sector development and economic growth in Nigeria. It finds that while several banking reforms have been implemented, real sector access to financing remains difficult, with high interest rates discouraging bank borrowing. After reviewing theories and prior studies on the finance-growth nexus, the document describes the study's methodology, which uses cointegration and vector error-correction models to analyze annual data from 1970-2010 on GDP, financial indicators like credit to GDP ratios, and other variables. The results show a long-run equilibrium relationship between the variables. In particular, higher credit to the private sector, government expenditure, and interest rate spreads negatively impact GDP, while liquid liabilities and trade openness positively influence
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Role of Monetary Policy and Central Banking in Combating Inflation Andishga...Amir Fassihi
Andishkadeh of Economics
Saeed Abtahi, DBA
Sunday October 13th, 2013 (4pm-7pm)
UCLA (Neuroscience Research Building)
635 Charles E Young Dr
Andishgah Lecture Series
The Role of Central Bank and Monetary Policy in Iran
The Iranian economy is in dire shape, with inflation running rampant as a direct consequence of the previous administration’s flawed economic policies. It is generally accepted that taming inflation requires a strong, transparent, independent and accountable central bank that has at its disposal the appropriate financial instruments to transmit monetary policy.
This presentation will:
v Address the current practices of monetary policy and central banking in Iran; and
v Provide a number of recommendations that Iranian authorities should consider to prevent Iran’s economy from edging toward disastrous hyperinflation.
Saeed Abtahi, DBA is an international investment banker, with 33 years of working experience in Europe, U.S., and the Middle East advising multi-national corporations, banks, government agencies and sovereign wealth funds in capital markets, corporate finance, asset management and strategic advisory works.
He is a resident of Los Angeles and consults his clients in California, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi.
Saeed Abtahi earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Operation Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and DBA in Finance from Harvard Business School.
Monetary policy uses tools like interest rates and money supply to influence economic outcomes like growth, inflation, exchange rates, and unemployment. The objectives of monetary policy are price stability, credit availability, exchange rate stability, full employment, and high economic growth. The tools available to central banks include open market operations, changing reserve requirements, and setting bank interest rates like the discount rate. How monetary policy works is by influencing the cost of borrowing - lower rates encourage more spending, saving, and investment in assets like property and stocks.
This document discusses monetary policy and its instruments. It defines monetary policy as the process by which a central bank controls the supply of money in order to promote economic growth and stability. The key instruments of monetary policy discussed are: open market operations, bank rate/discount rate, cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio. Quantitative measures include open market operations, bank rate, cash reserve ratio while qualitative measures comprise selective credit controls. The effectiveness of these tools depends on the level of monetization and development of the capital market in an economy.
9 financial-sector-development-and-poverty-reductionAwais e Siraj
This document discusses the relationship between financial sector development and poverty reduction. It argues that financial sector development is an effective way to reduce poverty through four main avenues: improving efficiency, increasing access and range of services, improving regulation, and increasing access for more of the population. The financial sector is divided into four parts for analysis: banking, insurance, stock markets, and bond markets. Variables are identified to measure development in each sector. The study aims to analyze the relationship between financial sector development and poverty across different countries. Financial sector development leads to growth, which then reduces poverty, demonstrating a negative relationship between financial sector development and poverty.
Financial Development and Economic Growth Nexus in Nigeriaiosrjce
The study assessed the impact of financial development on economic growth in Nigeria using time
series data from 1970 to 2012. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag bounds testing approach to cointegration
was utilized for this study. The result from the ARDL model indicate that the variables for this study are
cointegrated while the error correction term appeared significant and confirms that short-run disequilibria are
corrected up to about 50 percent annually. The empirical results reveals that financial development exerts
positive and significant impact on economic growth in the long-run while trade liberalization variables exert
negative impact on economic growth in the long-run indicating non-competitive nature of non-oil domestic
products in the international market. In the short-run, domestic credit is insignificant which indicates a dearth
of investible funds in the economy. There is evidence that financial development policies influence economic
growth in the long-run and not in the short-run. This study among others recommends the urgent need to
implement policies that will strengthen the deposit mobilization and intermediation efforts in the banking system
in other to deepen the financial system. Nigerian trade performance should be improved through economic
diversification and further availability of funds to private sector at competitive interest rate in order to produce
internationally competitive products.
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between financial development and economic growth in emerging market economies. The study uses empirical analysis through fixed effects regression models to examine how various financial development indicators, such as private credit levels, banking system assets, liquid liabilities, and stock market capitalization, impact per capita GDP growth in 27 emerging markets from 1960 to 2011. The results suggest that financial development can promote economic growth through indirect benefits, and several financial indicators were found to have a significant positive relationship with economic growth in the countries studied, including India. However, policies are needed to manage risks from financial openness and ensure credit quality.
Banking sector development and economic growth slides for presentation editedComrade Ibrahim Gani
This document summarizes a study on the relationship between banking sector development and economic growth in Nigeria. It finds that while several banking reforms have been implemented, real sector access to financing remains difficult, with high interest rates discouraging bank borrowing. After reviewing theories and prior studies on the finance-growth nexus, the document describes the study's methodology, which uses cointegration and vector error-correction models to analyze annual data from 1970-2010 on GDP, financial indicators like credit to GDP ratios, and other variables. The results show a long-run equilibrium relationship between the variables. In particular, higher credit to the private sector, government expenditure, and interest rate spreads negatively impact GDP, while liquid liabilities and trade openness positively influence
this presentation is currently have this upload set to Public. This means that it will be indexed by search engines and view able by anyone on the web.
Role of Monetary Policy and Central Banking in Combating Inflation Andishga...Amir Fassihi
Andishkadeh of Economics
Saeed Abtahi, DBA
Sunday October 13th, 2013 (4pm-7pm)
UCLA (Neuroscience Research Building)
635 Charles E Young Dr
Andishgah Lecture Series
The Role of Central Bank and Monetary Policy in Iran
The Iranian economy is in dire shape, with inflation running rampant as a direct consequence of the previous administration’s flawed economic policies. It is generally accepted that taming inflation requires a strong, transparent, independent and accountable central bank that has at its disposal the appropriate financial instruments to transmit monetary policy.
This presentation will:
v Address the current practices of monetary policy and central banking in Iran; and
v Provide a number of recommendations that Iranian authorities should consider to prevent Iran’s economy from edging toward disastrous hyperinflation.
Saeed Abtahi, DBA is an international investment banker, with 33 years of working experience in Europe, U.S., and the Middle East advising multi-national corporations, banks, government agencies and sovereign wealth funds in capital markets, corporate finance, asset management and strategic advisory works.
He is a resident of Los Angeles and consults his clients in California, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi.
Saeed Abtahi earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Operation Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and DBA in Finance from Harvard Business School.
Monetary policy uses tools like interest rates and money supply to influence economic outcomes like growth, inflation, exchange rates, and unemployment. The objectives of monetary policy are price stability, credit availability, exchange rate stability, full employment, and high economic growth. The tools available to central banks include open market operations, changing reserve requirements, and setting bank interest rates like the discount rate. How monetary policy works is by influencing the cost of borrowing - lower rates encourage more spending, saving, and investment in assets like property and stocks.
This document discusses monetary policy and its instruments. It defines monetary policy as the process by which a central bank controls the supply of money in order to promote economic growth and stability. The key instruments of monetary policy discussed are: open market operations, bank rate/discount rate, cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio. Quantitative measures include open market operations, bank rate, cash reserve ratio while qualitative measures comprise selective credit controls. The effectiveness of these tools depends on the level of monetization and development of the capital market in an economy.
Monetary policy refers to how central banks use tools like interest rates, money supply, and credit conditions to achieve goals like price stability, economic growth, and unemployment control. The main tools are quantitative and qualitative credit controls. Quantitative controls directly target money supply through interest rates, open market operations, and reserve requirements. Qualitative controls influence credit allocation through margin requirements, credit rationing, and differential interest rates. Monetary policy can be expansionary by increasing money supply to boost economic activity, or contractionary by decreasing money supply to curb inflation.
This document provides an overview of monetary policy, including its aims, objectives, major players, types, and the instruments used. It discusses that monetary policy aims to influence economic activity through managing money supply and interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India publishes an annual monetary policy statement that reviews the state of the economy and announces monetary measures such as changes to the repo rate, cash reserve ratio, and other indicators. The goal is to achieve price stability while promoting economic growth.
Monetary policy aims to control the money supply and credit in an economy to achieve objectives like full employment, investment growth, price stability, and balanced trade. Central banks use quantitative tools like bank rates, open market operations, and reserve requirements as well as qualitative tools like margin requirements and moral persuasion to influence monetary conditions. Economic indicators provide statistical data on the current state of the economy and can be leading, coincident, or lagging based on whether they change before, with, or after the overall economy. Coincident indicators reflect present conditions while leading indicators predict future performance and lagging indicators trail overall economic changes.
This document discusses monetary policy and how it is used by central banks to control the supply of money and achieve goals such as price stability. It describes expansionary and contractionary monetary policy and how central banks use tools like open market operations and adjusting required reserve ratios. Open market operations work by buying or selling government bonds to commercial banks and the public to increase or decrease bank reserves and the overall money supply. The goals of monetary policy are outlined as price stability, high employment, economic growth, stability of financial markets, and stability in foreign exchange markets.
Monetary Policy Effectiveness of monetary policy to combat inflation: India e...MD SALMAN ANJUM
This document discusses the effectiveness of monetary policy tools used by the Reserve Bank of India to combat inflation. It outlines several tools available to the RBI including increasing the cash reserve ratio and statutory liquidity ratio, conducting open market operations by selling government securities, and increasing policy rates like the repo rate and bank rate. These actions help reduce the money supply in the economy and thereby lower aggregate demand, reducing inflationary pressures. Causes of inflation discussed include excess aggregate demand and cost-push supply factors. Sectors of the Indian economy and poverty levels over time are also briefly mentioned.
Handling Capital Outflows in Developing CountriesAlbino Ajack
The document discusses capital outflows in developing countries and policy options to address them. It explains that capital outflows can lead to currency depreciation and reduced investment, hindering economic growth. While central banks can intervene by selling foreign reserves to limit depreciation, this faces tradeoffs with monetary policy given limited reserves. The paper aims to identify the least negative policy options for developing countries to offset capital outflow pressures.
The document discusses the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) conduct of monetary policy. It outlines the BSP's objectives of maintaining price stability and inflation targeting framework. The BSP uses various monetary policy tools like open market operations, reserve requirements, and rediscounting to influence money supply and inflation. Recent inflation trends have remained within target. Large capital inflows from advanced economies pose challenges to managing inflation risks.
This document provides an overview of monetary policy, including its definition, objectives, tools, and role in economic growth. Monetary policy is defined as the process by which a central bank controls the supply of money in an economy, often targeting interest rates to promote growth and stability. The major objectives of monetary policy are price stability, economic growth, and stable exchange rates. The key tools of monetary policy are open market operations, bank rates, cash reserve ratios, and credit controls. Monetary policy aims to influence aggregate demand and output through expanding or contracting the money supply.
Monetary policy refers to actions taken by central banks to control money supply and credit conditions in order to promote economic growth and stability. The key objectives of monetary policy are full employment, price stability, economic growth, and balance of payments equilibrium. Central banks use both quantitative and qualitative instruments to achieve these objectives. Quantitative instruments include open market operations, bank rate changes, and reserve requirement ratios. Qualitative instruments include credit rationing, margin requirements, and moral suasion. Recent trends in India's monetary policy include keeping the repo rate unchanged at 8% while reducing statutory liquidity ratio requirements.
Monetary policy/ Credit Control of pakistanJawad Ahmed
Monetary policy involves a monetary authority such as a central bank controlling the supply of money and interest rates to promote economic stability. The goals are typically stable prices and low unemployment. There are several types of monetary policy approaches including inflation targeting, price level targeting, monetary aggregates, fixed exchange rates, and gold standards. Central banks use tools like open market operations, interest rate adjustments, and reserve requirements to implement monetary policy and influence factors like money supply, interbank interest rates, banking system risk, and the monetary base.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central monetary authority that controls the supply of money in the economy through its monetary policy. The objectives of RBI's monetary policy are to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth. Some key aspects of India's monetary policy include the Monetary Policy Committee that decides the repo rate, instruments like open market operations, cash reserve ratio, and statutory liquidity ratio that control money supply, and a focus on price stability, controlled credit expansion, and promoting efficiency.
The document discusses economics policies and monetary policy. It explains that there are three types of economics policies: monetary policy, fiscal policy, and trade policy. Monetary policy is concerned with managing the money supply through tools like interest rates, reserve requirements, and buying/selling government bonds. The quantity theory of money explains that the price level is directly proportional to the money supply. The document also outlines the role and functions of the central bank, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, in implementing monetary policy and promoting price stability, financial stability, and efficient payments systems.
This document summarizes monetary policy tools used by the Federal Reserve to influence economic activity. It discusses three main tools: reserve requirements, the discount rate, and open market operations. Changing these tools can implement either an expansionary/easy money policy to increase spending and reduce unemployment, or a restrictive/tight money policy to reduce spending and inflation. The document also discusses how fiscal deficits can impact monetary policy through crowding out and monetizing the debt.
The document summarizes the key points from the Financial Stability Report 2015 presented by Reserve Bank of India. It highlights that while India's macroeconomic fundamentals are relatively strong, continued global growth uncertainty remains a risk. The banking sector shows improvement with credit growth of 9.7% and asset quality stable, but stressed advances are still high. The report also covers trends in financial inclusion, insurance and pension sectors regulation aimed at strengthening stability.
Monetary Policy Definition
Fiscal Policy Definition
Difference between them
Inflation
Bank reserve ratio
Open market operation
Repo & Reserve repo rates
Cash reserve ratio
Statutory liquid ratio
Factors affecting
Impact
Limitation
Monetary policy controls the supply of money in a country through tools like interest rates and money supply targets. The goals are usually stable prices and low unemployment. There are two types of monetary policy - expansionary increases money supply to boost a slowing economy, while contractionary decreases supply to curb inflation by raising rates. Key indicators like inflation, interest rates, cash reserve ratios that the Reserve Bank of India monitors and changes to impact money supply.
This document discusses a study examining the impact of monetary policy on the financial performance of banks in Pakistan from 2007-2011. It uses interest rates set by the State Bank of Pakistan as a measure of monetary policy. The study finds that higher interest rates, representing a tighter monetary policy, have a significant negative relationship with banks' financial performance as measured by their return on assets and return on equity. The document provides background on monetary policy, its tools of expanding or contracting the money supply, and how interest rates can affect bank risk-taking and performance. It also reviews prior literature finding that higher capitalized banks may increase risk-taking less in response to lower rates than other banks.
The document discusses India's monetary policy and operations. It provides an overview of the major tools and objectives of monetary policy in India, including open market operations, cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio, bank rate policy, credit ceilings, moral suasion, marginal standing facility, repo rate, and reverse repo rate. It also summarizes the Urjit R. Patel Committee report and its recommendations to target consumer price index for inflation. The conclusion emphasizes that monetary policy must be coordinated with fiscal policy for maximum economic stability and growth.
This document discusses monetary policy and fiscal policy in India. It defines monetary policy as steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India to regulate money supply, credit availability, and interest rates. The objectives of monetary policy include full employment, price stability, economic growth, and balance of payments stability. Tools of monetary policy discussed include bank rate, cash reserve ratio, open market operations, and selective credit controls. Fiscal policy is defined as the government's tax and spending policies. The objectives of fiscal policy are to influence aggregate demand and achieve economic goals like employment and investment. Types of fiscal policy tools covered are tax policy, government expenditure, and public borrowing.
Monetary policy of India: Tug of War between Inflation Control and Growth Abhisek Khatua
The document discusses India's monetary policy and the tension between controlling inflation and promoting economic growth. It provides an overview of monetary policy tools used by the Reserve Bank of India such as interest rates, reserve requirements, open market operations, and credit controls. The monetary policy aims to balance objectives of price stability, growth, and employment while maintaining financial stability. Recently the RBI lowered its repo rate by 0.25% to 6.5% to boost growth, while keeping inflation under control. However, the central government often pushes for lower interest rates to increase growth, creating tensions with RBI's inflation-targeting approach.
Financial standards and economic developmentREJAY89
The document discusses the relationship between fiscal standards and economic development. It covers two main topics:
1) Public finance and short-term economic growth. It argues that fiscal tightening does not necessarily lead to a fall in GDP growth in the short term, as "non-Keynesian effects" can occur. Empirical studies show these effects are more likely for large, lasting adjustments focused on expenditure cuts rather than tax increases.
2) Public finance and long-term economic growth. It asserts that the impact of fiscal policy on long-term growth may be underestimated and under-researched. High budget deficits and debt can hamper growth by crowding out investment. The level and structure of both taxes and
Global economic crisis(2008), and i̇ts effect in Lithuania and Other Baltic c...Khaalid Barre
This article discusses the 2008 global economic crisis and its effects in Lithuania. It describes how Lithuania experienced rapid economic growth before the crisis, with GDP increasing 10.3% in some years. However, the country was unprepared for the crisis. When it hit in 2008, Lithuania's GDP declined sharply by about 15%. Like other Baltic states, Lithuania faced issues like production decreases, unemployment, inflation, and lower foreign investment. The government took some steps that lacked responsibility, like austerity measures that reduced incomes and consumer demand, weakening the domestic market further. Reviving Lithuania's economy required restoring population incomes and consumer demand.
Monetary policy refers to how central banks use tools like interest rates, money supply, and credit conditions to achieve goals like price stability, economic growth, and unemployment control. The main tools are quantitative and qualitative credit controls. Quantitative controls directly target money supply through interest rates, open market operations, and reserve requirements. Qualitative controls influence credit allocation through margin requirements, credit rationing, and differential interest rates. Monetary policy can be expansionary by increasing money supply to boost economic activity, or contractionary by decreasing money supply to curb inflation.
This document provides an overview of monetary policy, including its aims, objectives, major players, types, and the instruments used. It discusses that monetary policy aims to influence economic activity through managing money supply and interest rates. The Reserve Bank of India publishes an annual monetary policy statement that reviews the state of the economy and announces monetary measures such as changes to the repo rate, cash reserve ratio, and other indicators. The goal is to achieve price stability while promoting economic growth.
Monetary policy aims to control the money supply and credit in an economy to achieve objectives like full employment, investment growth, price stability, and balanced trade. Central banks use quantitative tools like bank rates, open market operations, and reserve requirements as well as qualitative tools like margin requirements and moral persuasion to influence monetary conditions. Economic indicators provide statistical data on the current state of the economy and can be leading, coincident, or lagging based on whether they change before, with, or after the overall economy. Coincident indicators reflect present conditions while leading indicators predict future performance and lagging indicators trail overall economic changes.
This document discusses monetary policy and how it is used by central banks to control the supply of money and achieve goals such as price stability. It describes expansionary and contractionary monetary policy and how central banks use tools like open market operations and adjusting required reserve ratios. Open market operations work by buying or selling government bonds to commercial banks and the public to increase or decrease bank reserves and the overall money supply. The goals of monetary policy are outlined as price stability, high employment, economic growth, stability of financial markets, and stability in foreign exchange markets.
Monetary Policy Effectiveness of monetary policy to combat inflation: India e...MD SALMAN ANJUM
This document discusses the effectiveness of monetary policy tools used by the Reserve Bank of India to combat inflation. It outlines several tools available to the RBI including increasing the cash reserve ratio and statutory liquidity ratio, conducting open market operations by selling government securities, and increasing policy rates like the repo rate and bank rate. These actions help reduce the money supply in the economy and thereby lower aggregate demand, reducing inflationary pressures. Causes of inflation discussed include excess aggregate demand and cost-push supply factors. Sectors of the Indian economy and poverty levels over time are also briefly mentioned.
Handling Capital Outflows in Developing CountriesAlbino Ajack
The document discusses capital outflows in developing countries and policy options to address them. It explains that capital outflows can lead to currency depreciation and reduced investment, hindering economic growth. While central banks can intervene by selling foreign reserves to limit depreciation, this faces tradeoffs with monetary policy given limited reserves. The paper aims to identify the least negative policy options for developing countries to offset capital outflow pressures.
The document discusses the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas' (BSP) conduct of monetary policy. It outlines the BSP's objectives of maintaining price stability and inflation targeting framework. The BSP uses various monetary policy tools like open market operations, reserve requirements, and rediscounting to influence money supply and inflation. Recent inflation trends have remained within target. Large capital inflows from advanced economies pose challenges to managing inflation risks.
This document provides an overview of monetary policy, including its definition, objectives, tools, and role in economic growth. Monetary policy is defined as the process by which a central bank controls the supply of money in an economy, often targeting interest rates to promote growth and stability. The major objectives of monetary policy are price stability, economic growth, and stable exchange rates. The key tools of monetary policy are open market operations, bank rates, cash reserve ratios, and credit controls. Monetary policy aims to influence aggregate demand and output through expanding or contracting the money supply.
Monetary policy refers to actions taken by central banks to control money supply and credit conditions in order to promote economic growth and stability. The key objectives of monetary policy are full employment, price stability, economic growth, and balance of payments equilibrium. Central banks use both quantitative and qualitative instruments to achieve these objectives. Quantitative instruments include open market operations, bank rate changes, and reserve requirement ratios. Qualitative instruments include credit rationing, margin requirements, and moral suasion. Recent trends in India's monetary policy include keeping the repo rate unchanged at 8% while reducing statutory liquidity ratio requirements.
Monetary policy/ Credit Control of pakistanJawad Ahmed
Monetary policy involves a monetary authority such as a central bank controlling the supply of money and interest rates to promote economic stability. The goals are typically stable prices and low unemployment. There are several types of monetary policy approaches including inflation targeting, price level targeting, monetary aggregates, fixed exchange rates, and gold standards. Central banks use tools like open market operations, interest rate adjustments, and reserve requirements to implement monetary policy and influence factors like money supply, interbank interest rates, banking system risk, and the monetary base.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central monetary authority that controls the supply of money in the economy through its monetary policy. The objectives of RBI's monetary policy are to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth. Some key aspects of India's monetary policy include the Monetary Policy Committee that decides the repo rate, instruments like open market operations, cash reserve ratio, and statutory liquidity ratio that control money supply, and a focus on price stability, controlled credit expansion, and promoting efficiency.
The document discusses economics policies and monetary policy. It explains that there are three types of economics policies: monetary policy, fiscal policy, and trade policy. Monetary policy is concerned with managing the money supply through tools like interest rates, reserve requirements, and buying/selling government bonds. The quantity theory of money explains that the price level is directly proportional to the money supply. The document also outlines the role and functions of the central bank, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, in implementing monetary policy and promoting price stability, financial stability, and efficient payments systems.
This document summarizes monetary policy tools used by the Federal Reserve to influence economic activity. It discusses three main tools: reserve requirements, the discount rate, and open market operations. Changing these tools can implement either an expansionary/easy money policy to increase spending and reduce unemployment, or a restrictive/tight money policy to reduce spending and inflation. The document also discusses how fiscal deficits can impact monetary policy through crowding out and monetizing the debt.
The document summarizes the key points from the Financial Stability Report 2015 presented by Reserve Bank of India. It highlights that while India's macroeconomic fundamentals are relatively strong, continued global growth uncertainty remains a risk. The banking sector shows improvement with credit growth of 9.7% and asset quality stable, but stressed advances are still high. The report also covers trends in financial inclusion, insurance and pension sectors regulation aimed at strengthening stability.
Monetary Policy Definition
Fiscal Policy Definition
Difference between them
Inflation
Bank reserve ratio
Open market operation
Repo & Reserve repo rates
Cash reserve ratio
Statutory liquid ratio
Factors affecting
Impact
Limitation
Monetary policy controls the supply of money in a country through tools like interest rates and money supply targets. The goals are usually stable prices and low unemployment. There are two types of monetary policy - expansionary increases money supply to boost a slowing economy, while contractionary decreases supply to curb inflation by raising rates. Key indicators like inflation, interest rates, cash reserve ratios that the Reserve Bank of India monitors and changes to impact money supply.
This document discusses a study examining the impact of monetary policy on the financial performance of banks in Pakistan from 2007-2011. It uses interest rates set by the State Bank of Pakistan as a measure of monetary policy. The study finds that higher interest rates, representing a tighter monetary policy, have a significant negative relationship with banks' financial performance as measured by their return on assets and return on equity. The document provides background on monetary policy, its tools of expanding or contracting the money supply, and how interest rates can affect bank risk-taking and performance. It also reviews prior literature finding that higher capitalized banks may increase risk-taking less in response to lower rates than other banks.
The document discusses India's monetary policy and operations. It provides an overview of the major tools and objectives of monetary policy in India, including open market operations, cash reserve ratio, statutory liquidity ratio, bank rate policy, credit ceilings, moral suasion, marginal standing facility, repo rate, and reverse repo rate. It also summarizes the Urjit R. Patel Committee report and its recommendations to target consumer price index for inflation. The conclusion emphasizes that monetary policy must be coordinated with fiscal policy for maximum economic stability and growth.
This document discusses monetary policy and fiscal policy in India. It defines monetary policy as steps taken by the Reserve Bank of India to regulate money supply, credit availability, and interest rates. The objectives of monetary policy include full employment, price stability, economic growth, and balance of payments stability. Tools of monetary policy discussed include bank rate, cash reserve ratio, open market operations, and selective credit controls. Fiscal policy is defined as the government's tax and spending policies. The objectives of fiscal policy are to influence aggregate demand and achieve economic goals like employment and investment. Types of fiscal policy tools covered are tax policy, government expenditure, and public borrowing.
Monetary policy of India: Tug of War between Inflation Control and Growth Abhisek Khatua
The document discusses India's monetary policy and the tension between controlling inflation and promoting economic growth. It provides an overview of monetary policy tools used by the Reserve Bank of India such as interest rates, reserve requirements, open market operations, and credit controls. The monetary policy aims to balance objectives of price stability, growth, and employment while maintaining financial stability. Recently the RBI lowered its repo rate by 0.25% to 6.5% to boost growth, while keeping inflation under control. However, the central government often pushes for lower interest rates to increase growth, creating tensions with RBI's inflation-targeting approach.
Financial standards and economic developmentREJAY89
The document discusses the relationship between fiscal standards and economic development. It covers two main topics:
1) Public finance and short-term economic growth. It argues that fiscal tightening does not necessarily lead to a fall in GDP growth in the short term, as "non-Keynesian effects" can occur. Empirical studies show these effects are more likely for large, lasting adjustments focused on expenditure cuts rather than tax increases.
2) Public finance and long-term economic growth. It asserts that the impact of fiscal policy on long-term growth may be underestimated and under-researched. High budget deficits and debt can hamper growth by crowding out investment. The level and structure of both taxes and
Global economic crisis(2008), and i̇ts effect in Lithuania and Other Baltic c...Khaalid Barre
This article discusses the 2008 global economic crisis and its effects in Lithuania. It describes how Lithuania experienced rapid economic growth before the crisis, with GDP increasing 10.3% in some years. However, the country was unprepared for the crisis. When it hit in 2008, Lithuania's GDP declined sharply by about 15%. Like other Baltic states, Lithuania faced issues like production decreases, unemployment, inflation, and lower foreign investment. The government took some steps that lacked responsibility, like austerity measures that reduced incomes and consumer demand, weakening the domestic market further. Reviving Lithuania's economy required restoring population incomes and consumer demand.
This document provides an overview and analysis of the global economic outlook and its potential impact on the luxury goods industry. It examines key economic regions and countries, including China, Japan, the Eurozone, the UK, Germany, and the US. Overall, it predicts modest global economic growth in 2014 and recovery in many markets, which would benefit luxury goods companies, though some regions still face risks and challenges.
Deloitte 2014: Global Powers of Luxury GroupsDigitaluxe
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1. Is Financial Development Important for Economic Growth in Slovenia?
1
Helios Padilla-Mayer
Government of Republic of Slovenia
Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and Research
Gregorčičeva 27,1000 Ljubljana
April 2002
1
Economic Advisor for the Prime Minister, UMAR-Institute for Macroeconomic Analysis and
Development
2. Abstract:
In this paper we try to estimate effects of financial deepness and capital account liberalization on
economic growth, investment and the total factor productivity (TFP) in Slovenia from 1993 to the
second quarter of 2001. We find out that the only positive effect of capital account liberalization
was increased credits to private sector. On the other hand, financial depth has a positive and
significant effect on economic growth and investment, but not on the TFP growth. Moreover, it
is not likely that also capital account liberalization positively affects above specified choice
variables. Namely, financial deepening is achieved through development of adequate institutions
and sustainable macroeconomic policies. Once financial system is set in the country, capital
account liberalization takes place.
Keywords: financial deepness, capital account liberalization, total factor productivity, economic
growth
3. 1. Introduction
The empirical evidence suggests indeed that countries that grow faster devote a larger
share of output to investment (to physical as well as to human capital), have lower
inflation, more stable macroeconomic environment, and are more open than countries
with moderate grow rates. Thus, the question that arises is how to promote investment in
the country.
The purpose of this research has highlighted the existence of a variety of endogenous
mechanisms that can promote a sustainable growth rate in the economy. One of our main
concerns is to find out if a financial development implementation in Slovenia promotes
investment in human and physical capital in order to attain a sustainable economic
growth.
In our paper we show that financial liberalization (capital account liberalization) cannot
be driven without efficient allocation of resources. We illustrate that Slovenian capital
liberalization will not have a positive effect on economic growth if capital flows are not
allocated efficiently. We use two indicators to observe capital account liberalization: (1)
restriction measure shows abolishment of capital controls in Slovenian financial system,
and (2) openness measure, which looks directly at one of the consequences of
liberalization, that is, larger ownership of foreign assets in the country and liabilities
elsewhere. We present both measures in Section 2.
A positive effect of open capital markets is that foreign borrowing and lending may
contribute to the development of a country’s financial system. Subsidiaries and branches
of foreign banks that enter the country may increase the size of national banking system
and introduce financial innovation. In Section 3 and 4 we show that open capital
accounts have positive and significant effect on financial deepness. As King and Levine
(1993), we measure financial deepening by three indicators: (1) PRIVY illustrates the
amount of credit which is used to enhance private sector activities, (2) LLY shows the
average size of the financial intermediary sector, and (3) BANKS represents the role of
4. commercial banks in the overall financial sector. Each of these indicators is constructed
in such way that the increase reflects greater financial deepness.
In section 5 we find a positive but weak effect of financial liberalization on economic
growth. One reason for that could be that capital flows that come to Slovenia are not
allocated efficiently enough to induce economic growth. Therefore, we are interested to
see adding variables that proxy for macroeconomic reforms changes the importance of
financial liberalization on economic growth. We observe two variables that are often
included as regressors in cross-country analyses. The first variable is inflation. We
expect that high rates of inflation will reduce economic growth through a variety of
mechanisms which can influence both the rate of capital accumulation and the rate of
growth of total factor productivity. The second variable is a measure of trade openness, a
ratio of exports plus imports to GDP. We expect a positive and significant effect of this
variable on economic growth.
Even though we show that financial liberalization has some effect on economic growth, it
is more interesting to see how did liberalization increase growth. Since we expect that
investment will be most affected after liberalizing capital account, we observe the effect
of liberalization on investment as a share of GDP. Moreover, our results show that the
important contributor to the GDP growth in Slovenia was the growth of total factor
productivity (TFP), although its importance has significantly decreased in the second half
of 1990’s. Therefore, we are interested to see whether financial liberalization lead to a
higher TFP growth in economy. Concluding remarks are presented in Section 6.
2. Capital Account Liberalization
It is difficult to measure capital account liberalization with a single indicator. There is no
satisfactory measure. We use two indicators to measure capital account liberalization: 1.
restriction measure, and 2. openness measure.
2.1 Restriction Measure
5. Restriction measure is based on the restrictions on capital flows as reported to the IMF by
the national authorities. This indicator directly measures capital controls. It is
constructed as an on/off indicator of the existence of rules/restrictions that inhibit gross
border capital flows or discriminate on the basis of citizenship or residence of transacting
agents. However, this measure does not capture differences in the degree of
liberalization: for example, the country might liberalize some, but not all categories of
capital account, and, in accordance with the restriction measure, it could still be labeled
as closed. For that purpose, it is very difficult to quantify the measure and take into
consideration gradual liberalization steps in categories of the capital account. In order to
correctly present the capital account liberalization process in Slovenia, we decided to
describe what has been done in the legislation area regarding foreign exchange
transactions.
The restriction measure indicator for Slovenia can be defined on the basis of foreign
exchange regime. The new Foreign Exchange Law was issued in the Official Gazette of
the RS No. 23/99 on April 8, 1999. The regulation of the new Foreign Exchange Law has
come into force on September 1, 1999. Before this date, capital transactions in Slovenia
were regulated by: (1) Foreign Exchange Law (Official Gazette of the RS No. 1/91-1,
71/93 and 63/95), (2) Foreign Investment Law (Official Gazette of the SFRY, No. 77/88,
and Official Gazette of the RS, No. 30/93, 32/93), (3) Company Law (Official Gazette of
the RS, No. 30/93, 29/94 and 82/94), (4) Law on Foreign Credit Transactions (Official
Gazette of the RS, No. 1/91-1 and No. 63/95).2
Thus, with introduction of the new foreign exchange regime, Slovenia started gradually
to liberalize capital account transactions. Major changes were done on the following
categories of capital account:
2.1.1 Foreign Direct Investment
Before September 1, 1999 foreign individuals and foreign legal persons were not
allowed to have hundred percent owned investment in the field of military equipment,
2
All information is taken from the Central Bank web page (http://www.bsi.si/html/zakoni_predpisi)
6. insurance, mass media, rail and air transport, communications and
telecommunications and publishing. Foreign participation was limited in the
following sectors: auditing companies (up to 49 percent), brokerage houses ( up to 24
percent), investment companies for investment funds (up to 20 percent), authorized
investment companies (up to 10 percent), media (up to 33 percent), banks (approval
of the Bank of Slovenia for acquisition of qualified share of voting rights), and
insurance (participation with prior approval only). The foreign acquisition of more
than 25 percent of shares of newly privatized companies was subject to approval of
the Government.
The first step in liberalization was introduced on September 1, 1999. The prohibition
of hundred percent foreign ownership applied to the areas of (1) production and
trading in armaments and (2) the provision of obligatory pension and health insurance
financed from the budget. The limited ownership was allowed in auditing companies
(up to 49 percent), and media (up to 33 percent). The participation of non-residents
was subject to approval of the competent authority in the field of investment
companies for investment funds (over 20 percent), and authorized investment
companies (over 10 percent).
The second step in liberalization was introduced on July 1, 2001. The limitation still
applies to the following areas or fields: (1) exploitation of natural resources, subject
to a concession, (2) investigation services, and (3) organization of gambling, betting,
lotteries and other similar activities.
2.1.2 Portfolio Investment
There were some liberalization processes in the area of portfolio investment. Before
September 1, 1999, non-residents could purchase or sell securities in Slovenia
through an authorized participant on the securities markets. In addition, on February
1997, the Bank of Slovenia introduced custody accounts for non-residents who
purchased Slovene securities with the investment horizon shorter than seven years
and holdings less than 50 percent of the issue. Accounts had to opened with the
7. authorized banks (banks must be authorized participants on the securities markets in
order to conduct portfolio investment operations in Slovenia). On February 1, 1999,
portfolio investment regulation was partially liberalized. Custody accounts were not
necessary if portfolio investment were implemented in the following areas: (1)
purchase of debt instruments in the private issue, (2) purchase of shares issued by
domestic companies on the primary markets, (3) foreign investor’s acquisition of
more than a 10 percent share of company’s capital or more than 10 percent of voting
rights, and (4) portfolio investment in shares acquired by non-residents who
undertake that in the subsequent 4 years they will not sell, a sign or otherwise dispose
of this securities to third parties. After September 1, 1999 the last case is not specified
anymore in legislation.
Before September 1, 1999, authorized banks were obliged to pay a premium for the
“right to buy” charged by the Bank of Slovenia in the amount of 0.7 percent of the
balances on custody accounts. This premium was reduced to 0.2 percent of the
balances on custody accounts after June 30, 2001. Moreover, from July 1, 2001,
portfolio investment in long-term securities in Slovenia are completely liberalized.
The central bank abolished all restrictions and additional central bank’s costs
associated with custodian accounts for non-residents.
Residents may purchase and sell foreign securities abroad through a domestic
authorized participant on securities markets only. Before July 1, 2001, residents
others than banks, investment funds and insurance companies could purchase abroad
only securities, issued by a member state of the OECD, international financial
institutions and other securities with high rating (minimum AA) without any
restrictions. After this date the investment in securities abroad by residents are free of
any restrictions.
2.1.3 Credit operations
Before September 9, 1999, credit transactions between residents and nonresidents
were regulated by the Law on Foreign Credit Transactions. Registration of such
8. transactions is required with the Bank of Slovenia. Residents could contract
commercial credits with nonresidents without restrictions. This transaction had to be
registered with the Bank of Slovenia if the payment for goods and services was
postponed for more than twelve months. If domestic persons were engaged in foreign
financial loans they were obliged to pay non-interest bearing tolar deposit, held with
the Bank of Slovenia for the fixed period of two years ( regardless of the transaction’s
maturity). The requirement of non-interest bearing tolar deposit was abolished on
September 1, 1999. That means that credit transactions between resident and
nonresidents are free of any restrictions.
Moreover, after September 1,1999, credit operations between residents may be
granted in foreign currency for financing imports of goods and services, for
settlement of other liabilities two nonresidents and repayment of foreign currency
payments raised in Slovenia.
2.1.4 Accounts
Before September 1, 1999, nonresidents were allowed to open nonresidents accounts
in domestic currency with authorized banks and conducted tolar-denominated
operations. Tolar cash withdrawals were limited to 250.000 tolar per month.
Withdrawals exceeding this amount were subject to prior approval of the Bank of
Slovenia. After September 1, 1999, non-residents can have accounts in domestic and
foreign currency with authorized banks in Slovenia and cash withdrawals are not
limited (neither in tolars nor in foreign currency).
Before September 1, 1999, domestic legal persons, other than banks, were not
allowed to maintain accounts abroad. There were some exceptions where Bank of
Slovenia approved opening an account of a legal resident abroad (diplomatic missions
and consular representations, press agencies, companies performing civil construction
work abroad, companies that perform services in international transportation of goods
and passengers, and insurance and reinsurance companies). However, after July 1,
9. 2001, legal persons are allowed to open accounts abroad, as well as other persons
defined in the previous discussion, together with natural persons with a permanent or
a temporary residence in Slovenia and a valid resident visa or work permit abroad.
Other residents can maintain accounts abroad only with prior approval of the Bank of
Slovenia.
2.2 Openness Measure
Thus, Slovenia is gradually liberalizing its capital account transactions, starting with the
FDI and portfolio investment flows. In order to see the progress of liberalization, we
present the second and complementary indicator of capital account liberalization. This is
so called openness measure, based on estimated gross stocks of foreign assets and
liabilities as a ratio to the GDP. It is inspired by the use of similar variables to measure
domestic financial depth, such as the stock of credit to the private sector as a ratio to
GDP. The openness measure is created by calculating the gross level of FDI and
portfolio assets and liabilities via the accumulation of the corresponding inflows and
outflows. If this measure is high, it means that the country is open and has been
experiencing significant private sector flows to and from the rest of the world.
The openness measure can be defined as follows:
(2.1)
We collect quarterly data for Slovenia from 1993 to the second quarter of 2001 and show
the results in Figure 2.1. Although international gross private capital flows have
increased during the period, their share in GDP varied considerably over time. One
should expect that an increase in the openness measure would reflect the effectiveness of
abolishing of capital controls. However, we notice a huge increase in the openness
measure in 1996 and only a modest increase in 1999. On the other hand, Figure 2.2
GDP
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sliabilitieandassetsforeignofstockgross
measureopenness
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10. shows gross FDI flows as a share of GDP in the period. Thus, comparing both Figures,
we see that a huge increase in the openness measure in 1996 was due to the increase in
portfolio flows.3
Foreign investment flows in Slovenia were rising due to transforming
Slovenia into market driven economy. These changes were accompanied with mass
privatization, high concentration of Slovenian trade with the EU market, and
development of the financial infrastructure.
Nevertheless, Figure 2.1 shows that quarterly investment flows in Slovenia were
extremely volatile and thus Bank of Slovenia treated foreign portfolio flows as “hot
money”. Therefore, as explained in the section on restriction measure, the central bank
imposed a strict regime for such holdings. Introduction of custody accounts on February
1997 affected heavily the attitude of foreign portfolio investors towards Slovenia. This
reaction was clearly seen at the Slovenian stock exchange when the prices of stock
decreased sharply as seen from Figure 2.3 (relation between the portfolio investment
stock and the movement of the leading stock index, BSI, on quarterly and yearly basis).
However, at the beginning of 1999 regulation regarding custody accounts was partially
liberalized and had a positive effect on portfolio investment flows. Consequently, the
BSI index started to recover.
It is interesting to observe that portfolio investment flows decreased again in 2000, along
with a decrease in stock prices. The reason for that is that foreign investors preferred to
invest in equity with more than 10 percent ownership. Due to a change in definition of
portfolio investment (September 1999), such type of investment was considered as
foreign direct investment. An upward trend in the first half of 2001 most probably
indicated positive expectations of foreign investors regarding further liberalization of
3
In order to better understand the relation between portfolio and direct investment, it is necessary to have in
mind definitions of both investment types that are valid in Slovenia. Prior to 1997, all transactions in
equity were recorded under direct investment (thus, appropriate portfolio investment was classified as
direct investment capital). From 1997 onwards, direct investment was defined as at least 50 percent owned
by foreign direct investors (from September 1999 onwards the ratio changed to 10 percent). Equity
transactions pertaining to an ownership of less than 50 percent (from September 1999, less than 10 percent)
are classified as portfolio investment. This change was related to the introduction of new capital control
measures. Transactions in other assets and liabilities, except equity, between affiliated enterprises are
classified in other investment, rather than direct investment.
11. portfolio investment regulations. Indeed, from July 2001, the central bank decided to
completely liberalize portfolio investment in long-term securities and bonds.
Figure 2.4 shows relation between the FDI flows and BSI index on a quarterly and yearly
basis. From 1997 on, there was an ongoing increase in FDI flows, accompanied with an
increasing trend in stock prices (the only exception are the second and third quarters of
1997, when the BSI decreased sharply due introduction of custody accounts for foreign
portfolio investors). Because of a strict regulation of portfolio investment, foreign
investors were more interested in investing in equity with at least 50 percent ownership
share. Thus, it is not surprising that such involvement of foreign capital improved
performance of Slovenian companies, which showed in increased prices of their stocks.
Although there is a tendency of increasing interest of foreign portfolio and direct
investors at the Slovene market, they are still in minority. Regarding the relation between
foreign investments and performance of Slovene companies (BSI Index), there is a
visible improvement. However, liberalization of capital account is not enough and
should be accompanied with other actions, such as privatization of sectors attractive for
foreign investors (banking, telecommunications, insurance, energy, and railway sectors).
Also, the forthcoming accession to the EU will improve country rating and thus create
low-risk less investment opportunities.
On the other hand, we should not forget that financial liberalization without a prudent
macroeconomic structure could be more damaging than beneficial for Slovenia. Thus, it
is necessary coordinate policies that encourage development of the financial and the real
sectors. In the next section, we are going to discuss indicators of financial deepness and
show the effect of financial liberalization on economic growth.
3. Indicators of Financial Deepness
It is difficult to observe the effectiveness of capital markets in a country through a single
variable. We already showed that in Slovenia there is a progress in capital account
12. liberalization. Therefore, we expect that opening borders to international capital
transactions will have a positive effect on development of financial market in Slovenia.
King and Levine (1993) offer different indicators of financial development, to which they
refer as financial deepness. Each of these indicators is constructed such that the increase
reflects greater financial deepness. The liquid liabilities indicator of the financial system
to the GDP, LLY, represents the ratio of liquid liabilities to GDP, where liquid liabilities
consists of currency held outside the banking system plus demand bearing liabilities of
banks and non-bank financial intermediaries.
This indicator reflects the overall size of the financial intermediary sector. It does not
distinguish between the allocation of capital to the private sector and to various
governmental and quasi-governmental agencies. In an effort to assess the relative
amount of credit going to the private sector, we introduce the second indicator, PRIVY,
which equals the ratio of claims on the non-financial private sector to GDP. This
indicator reflects credit issued to the private sector alone and not to government,
government agencies, and public enterprises. Our third indicator, BANK, represent the
ratio of commercial bank domestic assets to the sum of commercial bank domestic assets
and central bank domestic assets. This indicator is meant to isolate, at least partially,
those financial intermediaries that are more likely to provide financial services such as
risk management and information processing.
Since we are interested in the evolution of financial deepness in Slovenia, we present the
average growth rates of these indicators. The average measure of LLY increased by 8.1
percent, and the average measure of PRIVY increased by 10.9 percent, while the average
measure of BANK increased only by 2.1 percent from 1993 to the first half of 2001. The
general increase in the indicators of financial depth is illustrated in Figure 2.5. The
definition of the BANK indicator explains why the increase is so modest. Usually
commercial banks act as financial intermediaries, while the role of the central bank is to
monitor the monetary policy of the country. Thus, it would be surprising if this variable
grew at a higher rate, because it would be a clear sign of a rigid financial system in
Slovenia.
13. All three indicators show that Slovenia has been developing financial system during the
study period. The question we want to address in the next section is whether capital
account liberalization contributed to financial depth.
4. Capital Account Liberalization, Financial Deepness and Economic Growth
The data in previous two sections show a general pattern of increasing financial deepness,
along with progressive capital account liberalization. However, we are interested to see
whether there is any association between financial depth and liberalization of capital
account. Figures 2.6a, 2.6b, and 2.6c illustrate that during the period of capital account
liberalization, Slovenia had a greater increase in financial depth as measured by PRIVY or
by BANK. The respective correlations in this case are 0.26 and 0.21 (each correlation is
significantly different from zero). The relationship between Openness measure and LLY
is less evident, although the correlation is 0.14 and still significantly different from zero.
Since capital liberalization is measured as a share of gross FDI and portfolio investment
flows in GDP, it is not surprising that such inflows will increase the willingness of banks
to credit private sector. Consequently, there is also a higher correlation between foreign
investment flows and the ratio of private banks in financial system (BANK). On the other
hand, increase in foreign investment flows contributes less to a liquidity of the financial
system, due to a nature of investment flows. Both, portfolio and FDI flows have a direct
effect on the real sector (improvement of the companies’ performance where foreign
capital is invested), and only indirect effect on the monetary sector.
However, evidence from correlations and scatterplots does not account for other factors
that may influence financial depth, and also does not take into consideration joint
causality. For that reason, we explore the possible effect of capital account liberalization
on financial depth.
14. 4.1 Regression Results
Our analysis explains the relationship between capital account liberalization and financial
deepness and is based on the following regression:
, (2.2)
where Δ ln FDi represents growth rates of measures of financial deepness (LLY, PRIVY,
and BANK, respectively), ln FDi-1 is an initial measure of financial deepness (in a period
i-1), ln Δ KALIBi is growth rate of openness measure (which represents the intensity of
capital account liberalization in Slovenia), and εi is an error term.
The inclusion of an initial measure of financial deepness, FDi-1, allows us to see whether
there is an evidence of financial convergence over time. That means that if the country
starts off with a considerably developed financial system, it does not much improvement
to reach a sustainable level of financial deepness. Therefore, we expect a negative and
significant value of β coefficient. Financial convergence may be one channel for the
convergence of per capita income (King, Levine, 1993), if economic growth is linked to
financial depth. We discuss the relationship between economic growth and the change in
financial deepness in Section 5.
It is important to include the initial level of financial depth in the regression equation,
because otherwise we cannot obtain accurate estimates of the effect of capital account
liberalization on changes in financial depth. Since we observe positive correlation
between indicators of initial level of financial depth and capital account liberalization
(0.15 for Openness and LLY, 0.25 for Openness and PRIVY, and 0.23 for Openness and
BANK), the omission of ln FDi-1 from equation 2.2 would cause a downward bias in the
estimated coefficient capturing the effect of capital account liberalization on the change
in financial depth, γ, if financial convergence is present.
One possible concern in the estimation of the regression equation is that correlation
results do not necessarily imply causation in any meaningful sense of that word. The
iii
i
i
i KALIBFD
FD
FD
FD egba +D++==D -
-
lnln)ln(ln 1
1
15. question is whether financial deepness is caused by capital account liberalization, or is
the capital account liberalization effect of a developed financial system? It is very likely
that abolishing restrictions on capital account is a consequence of developed, mature and
efficient financial system. For that reason, we perform a Granger causality test,4
where
we test two null hypotheses: (1) Δ ln FDi does not Granger-cause ln KALIBi, and (2) that
ln KALIBi does not Granger-cause Δ ln FDi. Output from the test gives the relevant F-
statistics for these two hypotheses. Results show that using different measures of
financial deepness, we can reject the first hypothesis but not the second one. Therefore,
we conclude that setting up the regression equation with Δ ln FDi as a dependent
variable, and ln KALIBi as explanatory variable is correct.
Table 2.1 presents regression results for three different measures of financial deepness.
The estimates of β coefficient provide strong support for financial convergence. All
coefficients are negative and significant at 5 percent level. On the other hand, it is
surprising to see that capital account liberalization had a positive effect on financial
deepness only when measured as the ratio of credit to the private sector to GDP. In other
two cases, coefficients are not significant (note that in the case of Δ ln BANK as
dependent variable the coefficient is even negative). This could be explained by the
choice of measurement of capital account liberalization. As we already mentioned,
increased foreign and portfolio investment flows will not considerably influence a
liquidity of financial system, because these financial flows are primarily oriented into
improvement of performance of the real sector. Regarding the BANK variable, we saw
that the share of private banks in Slovenian financial sector did not increase significantly
during the observed period, and was already high at the beginning of 1993. Therefore,
capital account liberalization did not change the structure of financial system. However,
increased capital flows did have a positive effect on banks’ decisions to issue more
credits to private sector. Namely, increased share of foreign capital in domestic
4
The Granger approach to the question whether X causes Y is to see how much of the current Y can be
explained by past values of Y and then to see whether adding lagged values of X can improve the
explanation. Y is said to be Granger-caused by X if X helps in the prediction of Y, or equivalently if the
coefficients on the lagged Xs are statistically significant. It is important to note that the statement "X
Granger causes Y" does not imply that Y is the effect or the result of X. Granger causality measures
16. companies shows a certain level of confidence, and it is more likely that companies will
be able to repay their obligations.
Nevertheless, these results may have potentially important policy implications. It seems
that capital account liberalization may only promote financial deepness when other
institutions are in place and well-functioning. King and Levine (1993) show that once
the proper structure exists (as in the case of industrialized countries), capital account
liberalization can significantly improve financial deepness. It would be interesting to
perform such analysis in Slovenia after the privatization of the most important
commercial bank, Nova Ljubljanska Banka, is finished. Also, it would be interesting to
measure the openness of capital account with some indicator that would more closely
reflect the abolishment of controls in all capital flows, not only in the foreign investment
flows.
Table 2.1: Regression Output for Financial Depth and Capital Account Liberalization
Δ ln LLY Δ ln PRIVY Δ ln BANK
ln FDi -0.082**
(0.032)
-0.051**
(0.026)
-0.108**
(0.061)
ΔKALIBi 0.002
(0.003)
0.007**
(0.003)
-0.003
(0.002)
No. of Observations 33 33 33
R2
0.419 0.459 0.359
Note: ** indicates a significance at a 5 percent level. Standard errors are presented in parentheses. A
constant is included in all regressions.
5. Capital Account Liberalization and Economic Growth
We try to investigate how capital account liberalization affects economic growth through
its effect on financial deepness. As seen in the previous section, capital account
liberalization has a statistically significant effect on financial deepness only if it is
precedence and information content but does not by itself indicate causality in the more common use of the
term.
17. measured as a share of credits to private sector to GDP. Thus, we want to test the
economic relevance of this result. First, we want to see how financial deepness affects
economic growth in the standard growth regression. Then, we would like to examine
importance of other variables, such as inflation and trade openness, when evaluating
economic growth. Last, it is difficult to establish how liberalization and financial
deepness lead to economic growth. Therefore, we decompose GDP into its components
and try to see if investment to GDP increases after capital market liberalization.
Alternatively, we test whether capital account liberalization affects total factor
productivity as the most important contributor of the GDP growth.
5.1 Effect of Financial Deepness on Economic Growth
Greater financial deepness may contribute to the welfare of the country by affecting its
overall development. In his literature survey, Levine (1997) shows that there exists a
positive and statistically significant relationship between financial deepness and
economic growth. In order to test this relation for Slovenia, we run the following
regression
, (2.3)
where Δ ln GDPi represents the real GDP growth rate, ln FDi-1 is an initial measure of
financial deepness in a period i-1(LLY, PRIVY, and BANK, respectively), ln Δ FDi is
growth rate of financial deepness, ln GDPi-1 is an initial measure of the real GDP in a
period i-1, and εi is an error term.
An inclusion of the growth rate of the measure of financial deepness has important
implications for estimation of β coefficient. As we saw in the previous section, smaller
initial values of financial depth lead to larger increases in financial deepness. If we
exclude the growth of financial deepness in the regression equation, the coefficient β
would be downward estimated.
iiii
i
i
i GDPFDFD
GDP
GDP
GDP edgba ++D++==D --
-
11
1
lnlnln)ln(ln
18. Regression equation 2.3 enables us to estimate effects of capital liberalization on
economic growth in the same sense as discussed in previous section. However, one
should be aware of possibility that higher economic growth means more developed
economic system and thus causes development in financial structure. As in previous
section, we perform Granger causality test and determine that financial deepness Granger
causes economic growth and not vice versa.
Another important observation is inclusion of the initial level of real GDP in equation
2.3. We expect that higher initial level of GDP imply lower growth rate, a sign of
conditional convergence. Thus, we expect a negative coefficient δ. If we do not include
this variable in the regression equation, the coefficient γ that shows effect of financial
deepness on economic growth would be downward estimated.
Regression results are shown in Table 2.2. As expected, an initial level of financial
deepness has a positive and significant effect on economic growth regardless of the
choice of financial depth. Similarly, growth rates of financial depth positively affect
economic growth, only coefficient when the measure of depth is BANK is statistically not
significant. Initial GDP level enters in regression with a negative and significant
coefficient, which confirms conditional convergence in Slovenia.
Results in this section confirm a strong relation between financial development and
economic growth. However, it is hard to conclude that capital account liberalization has
an important effect on economic growth,5
if this link works through financial depth. As
we saw in previous section, capital account liberalization did not have a significant
impact on financial depth except from the case when depth was expressed as a PRIV
measure. Thus, it is possible that well developed financial system positively affects
growth of the economy, but financial development is not achieved through capital
5
We run a regression where dependent variable is the real GDP growth, and two independent variables: (1)
growth rate of capital account liberalization, expressed as an openness measure, and (2) initial level of real
GDP. The estimates show a negative but not significant effect of capital account liberalization on
economic growth.
19. account liberalization. Klein and Olivei (1999) obtain similar results when they test
effect of capital account liberalization on economic growth in developing countries.
Table 2.2: Regression output for Financial Depth and Economic Growth
FD is given by LLY FD is given by PRIVY FD is given by BANK
ln FDi-1 0.271**
(0.105)
0.133**
(0.059)
0.391**
(0.277)
ΔFDi 0.462**
(0.162)
0.173**
(0.052)
0.092
(0.283)
ln GDPi-1 -0.494**
(0.201)
-0.415**
(0.147)
-0.274**
(0.125)
No. of Observations 33 33 33
R2
0.625 0.523 0.422
Note: ** indicates a significance at a 5 percent level. Standard errors are presented in parentheses. A
constant is included in all regressions.
5.2 Macroeconomic Reforms and Economic Growth
In this section, we want to test whether adding macroeconomic variables to regression
equation 2.3 significantly changes importance of development of financial system for
economic growth. We choose two variables: inflation and trade openness measure
(which is expressed as a ration of sum of exports and imports to GDP).
The effect of trade integration and trade liberalization on growth is the subject of a large
literature. Dollar (1992), Sachs and Warner (1995a), Edwards (1998), and, more
recently, Wacziarg (2000) have established that lower barriers to trade induce higher
growth. Rodriguez and Rodrik (1999) have recently criticized these studies on many
grounds. However, Rodriguez and Rodrik primarily question whether trade policy rather
than trade volume has affected growth. Nevertheless, in our study we want to examine
the effect on financial depth and not the impact of trade policy in Slovenian economy.
We introduce these variables because trade volume and inflation may be affected by
macroeconomic reforms aimed at stabilizing an economy. That is, the usual economic
reform package involves trade reform and inflation-reducing measures.
20. Seeing as such macroeconomic reforms are often part of the same reform package that
also liberalizes capital controls and opens up the equity market to foreign investment, our
liberalization effect may simply be a proxy for the macro-economic effect. Figure 2.7
shows the trade openness measure indicator from 1993 to 2001. Throughout all the study
period, Slovenia was extremely open; on average, share of exports and imports to GDP
was 104.5 percent. The main reason for that was that there were no restrictions on
current account transactions throughout the observed period. Moreover, since 1993,
Slovenia signed a lot of free-trade agreements (and, most important, an association
agreement with the EU), which reduced existing trade barriers to a negligible level.
Thus, it would not be surprising to see a small effect of trade openness to the real GDP
growth in Slovenia.
We expect that the other macroeconomic variable, inflation, should have a negative effect
on growth rate. Usually, producers will decide to increase their production if it is
accompanied with increase in prices. However, if this higher production cannot be
absorbed through greater consumption (private or government) or investment (and thus
greater GDP growth), increase in prices will have inflationary pressures. Figure 2.8
shows that inflation was rapidly decreasing from 1993 to 1999 an then slowly picked up.
However, it did not exceed the two-digit level. Thus, Slovenia was having a stable price
policy, which should be reflected in a higher economic growth.
Table 2.3 augments the regression in Table 2.2 by adding trade and inflation variables.
Surprisingly, in all regressions, coefficients on trade openness are positive but not
significant. This confirms our expectations about the minor effect of trade openness to
the GDP growth. On the other hand, coefficients for inflation are unexpectedly positive
(not in the case when financial deepness is measures as BANK indicator), but not
significant. Thus, inflation has an ambiguous effect on economic growth. However,
important observation is that adding these two variables does not change the size of the
effect of financial depth and initial GDP level on economic growth.
21. It seems that macroeconomic reforms, if measured in terms of inflation and trade
openness do not contribute to the GDP growth during the observed period, or at least they
do not diminish the contribution of financial deepness to economic growth. Therefore,
the strong macroeconomic basis in the country was built prior to 1993.
Table 2.3: Regression output for Financial Depth and Economic Growth Including
Macroeconomic Variables
FD is given by LLY FD is given by PRIVY FD is given by BANK
ln FDi-1 0.297**
(0.131)
0.174**
(0.101)
0.335**
(0.332)
ln ΔFDi 0.450**
(0.167)
0.101**
(0.084)
0.082
(0.323)
ln GDPi-1 -0.521**
(0.211)
-0.451**
(0.164)
-0.275**
(0.128)
ln Δ Tradei 0.055
(0.066)
0.067
(0.074)
0.048
(0.078)
Inflationi 0.001
(0.001)
0.001
(0.002)
-0.001
(0.002)
No. of Observations 33 33 33
R2
0.638 0.544 0.437
Note: ** indicates a significance at a 5 percent level. Standard errors are presented in parentheses. A
constant is included in all regressions.
5.3 Capital Account Liberalization and Investment Share of GDP
Since it is hard to estimate how capital account liberalization (through financial deepness
indicators) leads to economic growth, we take a closer look to investment component of
GDP. We believe that capital flowing in the country after liberalization will increase
investment.
We test this hypothesis by running the similar regression to the one presented in the
previous section in equation 2.3:6
6
In equation 2.4 we do not include variables that represent macroeconomic reforms, because the
coefficients were not significant in case of explaining real GDP growth in Slovenia.
22. , (2.4)
where Δ ln(I/ GDP)i represents the real investment to GDP ratio growth rate, ln FDi-1 is
an initial measure of financial deepness in a period i-1(LLY, PRIVY, and BANK,
respectively), ln Δ FDi is growth rate of financial deepness, ln (I/GDP)i-1 is an initial
measure of the investment to GDP in a period i-1, and εi is an error term. Results are
presented in Table 2.4 and they suggest that financial depth is associated with
significantly higher investment to GDP ratios.7
Table 2.4: Regression output for Financial Depth and Investment to GDP Ratio
FD is given by LLY FD is given by PRIVY FD is given by BANK
ln FDi-1 0.257**
(0.095)
0.063*
(0.043)
0.160*
(0.129)
ΔFDi 0.013
(0.141)
0.050
(0.132)
0.551**
(0.201)
ln (I/GDP)i-1 -0.438**
(0.145)
-0.171*
(0.115)
-0.100*
(0.084)
No. of Observations 33 33 33
R2
0.521 0.385 0.486
Note: ** and * indicate a significance at a 5 percent and 10 percent levels, respectively. Standard errors are
presented in parentheses. A constant is included in all regressions.
It is interesting to observe that coefficients on the initial level of financial deepness
(regardless of the measure of financial depth) are always significant at either 5 or 10
percent levels. On the other hand, coefficients on the growth rate of financial deepness
are always positive, but only significant when the measure of financial depth is given by
the BANK variable. As expected, coefficients on the initial investment to GDP ratio level
are negative and significant. This again confirms conditional convergence in Slovenia.
7
We also run a regression with investment to GDP ratio growth rate as dependent variable and two
independent variables: (1) growth rate of capital account liberalization, expressed as an openness measure,
and (2) initial level of real GDP. The estimates show a positive and significant effect of capital account
liberalization on economic growth.
iiii
i
i
i GDPIFDFD
GDPI
GDPI
GDPI edgba ++D++==D --
-
11
1
)/ln(lnln)
)/(
)/(
ln()/ln(
23. Thus, financial liberalization is important for increased investment in Slovenia, regardless
of the measurement choice variable (either financial deepness variables or openness
measure as direct indicator of capital account liberalization).
5.4 Capital Account Liberalization and Total Factor Productivity
Total factor productivity (TFP) is probably the most important component of a GDP
growth. The country will not be able to achieve a sustainable growth if it does not
actively promote technological progress. Section 3 explains in detail sources of
economic growth in Slovenia from 1993 to 2000. However, in this part of the research
we would like to examine whether capital account liberalization can contribute to a better
TFP.8
For that reason, we run a similar regression as shown in equation 2.4:
, (2.5)
where Δ ln(TFP)i represents the TFP growth rate, ln FDi-1 is an initial measure of
financial deepness in a period i-1(LLY, PRIVY, and BANK, respectively), ln Δ FDi is
growth rate of financial deepness, ln (TFP)i-1 is an initial measure of TFP in a period i-1,
and εi is an error term.
The TFP is calculated on basis of neoclassical production function. Physical capital stock
is derived from the assumption that initial physical capital stock can take two extreme
values. Therefore, we obtain two different estimates of TFP: 1) TFP with low initial
physical capital stock (which is 0.6 x real GDP92), and 2) TFP with high initial physical
capital stock (which is 3.2 x real GDP92).9
Results are presented in Tables 2.5 and 2.6.
8
Calculations for TFP are shown in Section 3. The only difference between examining effects of capital
account liberalization and financial deepness on different macroeconomic variables is that in the case of
TFP analysis is performed on yearly data. Due to incomplete data series needed to calculate TFP we were
not able to obtain quarterly estimates of TFP growth.
9
For detailed explanation, refer to Section 3.
iiii
i
i
i TFPFDFD
TFP
TFP
TFP edgba ++D++==D --
-
11
1
)ln(lnln)ln()ln(
24. Table 2.5: Regression output for Financial Depth and TFP with Low Initial Physical
Capital Stock
FD is given by LLY FD is given by PRIVY FD is given by BANK
ln FDi-1 -0.098
(0.081)
-0.083
(0.085)
-0.337
(0.348)
ΔFDi 0.157
(0.618)
0.231
(0.433)
1.409
(1.853)
ln (TFP_K0_low)i-1 -0.239
(0.263)
-0.169
(0.362)
-0.152
(0.355)
No. of Observations 8 8 8
R2
0.866 0.906 0.894
Note: ** and * indicate a significance at a 5 percent and 10 percent levels, respectively. Standard errors are
presented in parentheses. A constant is included in all regressions.
Table 2.6: Regression output for Financial Depth and TFP with High Initial Physical
Capital Stock
FD is given by LLY FD is given by PRIVY FD is given by BANK
ln FDi-1 0.096
(0.163)
-0.048
(0.268)
0.230
(0.604)
ΔFDi 0.179
(0.526)
0.128
(0.442)
1.659
(1.545)
ln (TFP_K0_high)i-1 -6.755
(6.866)
-1.302
(2.547)
-5.413
(6.135)
No. of Observations 8 8 8
R2
0.814 0.815 0.846
Note: ** and * indicate a significance at a 5 percent and 10 percent levels, respectively. Standard errors are
presented in parentheses. A constant is included in all regressions.
It is surprising to observe that none of the coefficients is significant at a 5 or 10 percent
levels regardless of the level of TFP.10
Thus, capital account liberalization (or financial
deepening) did not have any important impact on the TFP growth in Slovenia in the
observed period. Given the fact that especially in the second half of 1990¢s TFP is
decreasing rapidly, we should look for other reasons but financial deepening that cause
such worsening. Section 3 suggests some policies that could induce the TFP growth in
Slovenia.
25. 6. Concluding Remarks
In this part of research, we saw that during the observed period capital account
liberalization had a positive effect on financial deepness only when measured as the ratio
of credit to the private sector to GDP. When financial dept is measured as the ratio of
liquid liabilities to GDP or as a share of deposit money bank assets in the total financial
system, there is improvement in the system after capital account liberalization.
Therefore, capital account liberalization did not change the structure of financial system.
The only benefit was a positive effect of increased capital flows on banks’ decisions to
issue more credits to private sector. Namely, increased share of foreign capital in
domestic companies shows a certain level of confidence, and it is more likely that
companies will be able to repay their obligations.
Nevertheless, these results may have potentially important policy implications. It seems
that capital account liberalization may only promote financial deepness when other
institutions are in place and well-functioning.
On the other hand, we see that financial development has a significant and positive effect
on economic growth, as well as on investment in Slovenia. Interestingly, it does not
affect the TFP growth, which has been considerably decreasing especially in the second
half of 1990's. However, it is not correct to conclude that also capital account
liberalization positively affects economic growth if it is measured through financial
depth. It is possible that well developed financial system positively affects growth of the
economy, but financial development is not achieved through capital account
liberalization. It is more likely that capital account liberalization comes in the country at
the late stage, when adequate macroeconomic policies and institutions are already in
place.
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Results are the same (non-significant coefficients) when we run regression with capital account
liberalization, measures as an openness measure as an independent variable.
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27. Figure 2.1: Openness Measure (Sum of FDI and Portfolio Assets and Liabilities as a Share of
GDP), Quarterly and Yearly Data: 1993-2001
* quarterly measure on the left scale, yearly measure on the right scale
Source: Bank of Slovenia, Authors’ calculations.
Figure 2.2: FDI Assets and Liabilities as a Share of GDP, Quarterly and Yearly Data: 1993-2001
* quarterly measure on the left scale, yearly measure on the right scale
Source: Bank of Slovenia, Authors’ calculations.
3.28
2.13
3.14
1.31
0.91
0.61
0.91
4.69
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1993-I 1994-I 1995-I 1996-I 1997-I 1998-I 1999-I 2000-I 2001-I
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3.5
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5
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
0.81
0.88
0.82
1.84
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0.87
0.96
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2.5
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2
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
28. Figure 2.3a: The Relation Between the BSI and Portfolio Investment Flows, yearly data: 1993-
2000
Figure 2.3b: The Relation Between the BSI and Portfolio Investment Flows, quarterly data: 1993-
2001
* BSI Index on the left scale, Portfolio Investment Flows on the right scale
Source: Bank of Slovenia, Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Authors’ Calculations.
0
200
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1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Index
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mio USD
BSI
Portfolio
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Index
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100
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300
400
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600
Mio USD
BSI
Portfolio I
29. Figure 2.4a: The Relation Between the BSI and Foreign Direct Investment Flows, yearly data:
1993-200
Figure 2.4b: The Relation Between the BSI and Foreign Direct Investment Flows, quarterly data:
1993-200
* BSI Index on the left scale, Foreign Direct Investment Flows on the right scale
Source: Bank of Slovenia, Ljubljana Stock Exchange, Authors’ Calculations.
600
800
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1200
1400
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2000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Index
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Mio USD
BSI
FDI
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800
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1200
1400
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2000
1993-I 1994-I 1995-I 1996-I 1997-I 1998-I 1999-I 2000-I 2001-I
Index
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20
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60
80
100
120
140
Mio USD
BSI
FDI
30. Figure 2.5: Indicators of Financial Depth, quarterly data:1993-2001
Source: Bank of Slovenia, UMAR, Authors’ Calculations.
Figure 2.6: Association Between Capital Account Liberalization and Indicators of Financial
Deepening
A. Private Bank Ratio
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