Local factors have greater influence on global lenders – BIS paper

Lending money

How global bank subsidiaries lend is more strongly linked to economic conditions in their location than in the owner’s country, a research paper finds.

The paper, ‘What drives local lending by global banks?’ published by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), incorporates bank-level data from the 53 largest commercial banks and their subsidiaries. It examines this data against the macroeconomic and financial metrics in the host-specific and owner-specific countries.

The researchers find

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@centralbanking.com or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.centralbanking.com/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@centralbanking.com to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Central Banking? View our subscription options

Register for Central Banking

All fields are mandatory unless otherwise highlighted

This address will be used to create your account

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Central Banking account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account

.