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Credit Creation What are the risks/challenges associated with these powerful trends

Bigger the financial system, it is better


More trading and liquidity is always good

• Increase in the financial system assets- Upsizing and Downsizing risk


partly explained by loans granted to
households and corporate Credit is granted for purchase Banks are in loss- Credit is not
of items granted for purchasing of
• Increase in the financial trading activity items
Increased Price
• Growth in securitized credit Decreased Prices
Demand for more credit
• Development of credit derivatives- because of expectation inc of Low demand for more credit
enabled create credit exposure far larger prices because of expectations of
than loans to real economic borrowers prices to falls down
Suppliers of credit experience
less loss Financial institutions are less
willing to give credit
Inc supply of loans- Attracts
more loans Decrease supply of loans

Economy grows Economy slows down


Fundamental questions which is posed in the article about
credit creation

How confident we can be about :

Quantity of band credit supplied and credit demanded will be socially optimal ?
Allocation of that credit to different sectors or activities are socially optimal ?

Functions of bank

Create credit and extend to different sectors

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