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Bank exposure to highly leveraged transactions


Abstract: An assessment of banks' changing involvement in highly leveraged transactions through the use of regulatory data collected in 1991 and 1992, which reveal that overall bank exposure to highly leveraged activities currently poses little threat to bank capital or to the bank insurance fund.

Keywords: Financial leverage; Bank investments;

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Part of Series: Economic Commentary

Publication Date: 1993

Issue: Jan

Order Number: 2