Determinants of Credit Growth and Interest Margins in the Philippines and Asia /

Despite robust deposit growth, credit growth has been sluggish in the Philippines. We attribute this to legacy weaknesses in bank balance sheets, consumption-led economic growth, and relatively high net interest margins. Bank-level analysis suggests that interest margins in the Philippines rise with...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tan, Tatum Blaise Pua
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2012/123
Online Access:Full text available on IMF