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Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom

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  • Olena Havrylchyk

    (Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales)

  • Rafal Kierzenkowski

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The banking sector in the United Kingdom (UK) was deeply affected by the crisis. Bank credit has collapsed reflecting both weak demand and tighter supply. New prudential requirements have improved the resilience of the banking sector and a number of measures were taken to support credit supply. These included conventional and unconventional monetary policies, policies to address credit constraints with Help to Buy and Funding for Lending programmes, and a number of public programmes to improve access to finance united under the roof of the British Business Bank. Further structural reforms are needed to improve competition in the SME credit market and to boost credit provision to SMEs in the medium term. Sustainable financing of the economy and greater financial stability should be achieved by sound regulation, ensuring high capital requirements for systemically important banks, improving banks’ resolvability and fine-tuning the use of countercyclical measures. Data should be collected on a wider set of financial institutions than currently done and macroprudential regulation should be gradually extended beyond the banking sector to prevent the migration of systemic risks. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of the United Kingdom (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-united-kingdom.htm) Renforcer le financement de l'économie réelle et la stabilité financière au Royaume-Uni Le secteur bancaire du Royaume-Uni a été profondément touché par la crise. Les concours bancaires ont chuté, sous l’effet de la faiblesse de la demande aussi bien que des restrictions de l’offre. Les nouvelles obligations prudentielles ont cependant amélioré la résilience du secteur bancaire, et les pouvoirs publics ont pris un certain nombre de mesures pour soutenir l’offre de crédit, parmi lesquelles des mesures de politique monétaire conventionnelles et non conventionnelles, des mesures visant à alléger les contraintes pesant sur l’accès au crédit grâce aux programmes Help to Buy et Funding for Lending, ainsi que plusieurs programmes publics destinés à assouplir le crédit aux entreprises, regroupés sous l’égide de la British Business Bank. D’autres réformes structurelles sont nécessaires pour améliorer la concurrence sur le marché du crédit aux PME et stimuler les concours aux petites et moyennes entreprises à moyen terme. Il faudrait parvenir à assurer un financement durable de l’économie et une plus grande stabilité financière par l’adoption d’une réglementation solide, l’imposition de normes d’adéquation des fonds propres aux banques d’importance systémique, l’amélioration des possibilités résolution en cas de difficultés et d’affiner le recours aux mesures contra-cycliques. Il conviendrait aussi de recueillir des données portant sur un nombre d’institutions financières plus grand que ce qui est actuellement fait, et la réglementation macroprudentielle devrait être progressivement élargie au-delà du secteur bancaire afin de prévenir la diffusion des risques systémiques. Ce Document de travail se rapporte à l’Étude économique de l’OCDE du Royaume-Uni, 2015 (www.oecd.org/fr/eco/etudes/etude-economique-royaume-uni.htm) JEL classification: G21, G28, D14, D24

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  • Olena Havrylchyk & Rafal Kierzenkowski, 2015. "Enhancing the financing of the real economy and financial stability in the United Kingdom," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1245, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:ecoaaa:1245-en
    DOI: 10.1787/5jrxqbk75c43-en
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    Keywords

    banks; capital; deleveraging; financial stability; house prices; household; mortgages; SMEs;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
    • G28 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Government Policy and Regulation

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