IMF paper explores capital inflows and credit growth

Link between the two depends on composition of inflows

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Capital inflows boost credit growth and increase the likelihood of booms in both the household and corporate sectors of an economy, according to a working paper published by the International Monetary Fund on August 19.

In Capital inflows, credit growth, and financial systems, Deniz Igan and Zhibo Tan draw on a granular panel dataset from 33 countries covering the period 1980–2011.

The authors find the composition of capital inflows influences their impact on credit growth, noting there is no

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