Japan's leading banks had been forced to write off a heap of bad loans before the government introduced tougher standards for monitoring bank balance sheets on April 1.
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That means capital that could have been put to use building factories in Southeast Asia or making other overseas investments will instead remain home shoring up bank balance sheets.
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Bank regulators have been more worried about the effect on bank balance sheets if many risky loans are not repaid the next time the economy goes into a slump.
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Some state factories and large construction projects are unable to turn a profit and go out of business soon after they start up, further straining bank balance sheets, he said.
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"Underlying problems with corporate and bank balance sheets, a soaring government debt and entrenched deflationary expectations are still major roadblocks to sustain strong growth, " in Japan, the IMF said.
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But negative perceptions about over-lending to the property sector, for example, was misplaced since the bulk of mass residential housing will continue to sell and is no threat to bank balance sheets.
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The proceeds could bolster bank balance sheets or be used to pay creditors, as was done in the 1980s, when U . S . savings & loans got caught holding weak assets.
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Real estate prices can affect the output of an economy via three different routes : 1 ) effects on housing expenditures, 2 ) household s wealth and 3 ) bank balance sheets.
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The proceeds could bolster bank balance sheets or be used to pay creditors, as was done in the 1980s, when U . S . savings & AMP; loans got caught holding weak assets.
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The expected transfer of 51 percent of Banespa's voting shares will be accompanied by the long-awaited release of bank balance sheets for 1994, 1995, 1996 and the first half of 1997, he said.
