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The cost of implementing consumer financial regulations: an analysis of experience with the Truth in Savings Act
The Truth in Savings Act mandates that financial institutions disclose certain information about the terms of consumer deposit accounts in specific forms and at specific times. Although many depository institutions provided disclosures of account terms before the act was passed in 1991, most did not satisfy completely all the requirements of the regulation (Regulation DD) adopted by the Federal Reserve Board to implement the law. Thus, the Truth in Savings law likely caused every depository institution to change its practices for consumer deposit accounts, and thereby to incur costs. ; To ...
Working Paper
The U.S. and U.K. activities of Japanese banks: 1980-1988
In addition to dominating the list of the world's largest banks, Japanese banks currently account for about two-fifths of measured international banking assets of all banks. Between year-end 1984 and year-end 1988 Japanese banks accounted for slightly over one-half of the measured growth of total international banking activity. A large proportion of their international assets are at their branches in the United Kingdom and their agency and branch offices in the United States. ; This paper analyzes the U.S. and U.K. activities of Japanese banks. The paper integrates the activities of the ...
Working Paper
International sources of domestic inflation