Credit institutions provide financial intermediation services indirectly measured(FISIM). The consideration of those services by national accounts raise many problems.SEC-70 and SEC-95 (chapter 3) decided to include FISIM in a fictitious sector. Thissolution does not seem to be the best one as...

This article reviews the causes of the crisis, explores the nature of financial intermediation, presents a set of reforms to overcome the deficiencies of the regulatory structure and examines the role of monetary policy in the current crisis. It concludes that it is essential to increase...

Credit institutions provide financial intermediation services indirectly measured(FISIM). The consideration of those services by national accounts raise many problems.SEC-70 and SEC-95 (chapter 3) decided to include FISIM in a fictitious sector. Thissolution does not seem to be the best one as...

Se ha sugerido que la rapida expansion de la intermediacion bancaria en los anos que precidieron a la crisis financiera mexicana de 1994 reflejo, en parte, un comportamiento oportunista de los bancos. Este ensayo es un analisis microeconomico del sector bancario que utiliza un marco sencillo de...