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Economic Commentary

Securitization: More than Just a Regulatory Artifact

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Competitive and regulatory pressures have prompted banks and other financial intermediaries to participate in credit markets in ways that are not directly reflected on their balance sheets. This poses a problem for regulators, who must assess the risks of these off-balance-sheet lending activities. One such activity is the packaging of loans into marketable securities, which is known as asset-backed lending or securitization.

05.01.1992ISSN 2163-3738 EC 5/1/1992

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Carlstrom, Charles T., and Katherine Samolyk. 1992. “Securitization: More than Just a Regulatory Artifact.” Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Economic Commentary 5/1/1992.

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