The Financial Crisis and Money Markets in Emerging Asia

Robert Rigg () and Lotte Schou-Zibell

No 38, Working Papers on Regional Economic Integration from Asian Development Bank

Abstract: Asian money markets entered the financial crisis in better shape than markets in other regions due to a substantial build-up of savings and liquidity in their banking systems, as well as a greater domestic focus in most of the region’s markets. However, despite the higher liquidity and lower levels of global integration, the effects of the crisis in Asia were severe and followed a similar path observed in international markets. The further development of money markets, particularly in less developed economies, will require policies and initiatives that add liquidity and depth to attract broader participation from both domestic and international investors—including regional cooperation, a robust regulatory architecture, and foreign competition to expedite the development of less developed money markets. Risk management and liquidity assumptions also need to be enhanced to establish buffers that will withstand more severe and prolonged external shocks and disruptions to external financing.

Keywords: Money market; money market participants; components of money markets; financial crisis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F30 G00 G20 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56 pages
Date: 2009-11-01
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