Financial Development, Financial Fragility, and Growth

Abstract

This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy.Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate.This paper studies the apparent contradictions between two strands of the literature on the effects of financial intermediation on economic activity.On the one hand, the empirical growth literature finds a positive effect of financial depth as measured by, for instance, private domestic credit and liquid liabilities.On the other hand, the banking and currency crisis literature finds that monetary aggregates, such as domestic credit, are among the best predictors of crises and their related economic downturns.This paper accounts for these contrasting effects based on the distinction between the short-and long-run effects of financial intermediation.

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