EC223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Consumer Reports, Financial Intermediary, Unsecured Debt

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Chapter 8 an economical analysis of financial structure. 8 basic facts about the financial structure throughout the world: stocks are not the most important source of financing for businesses. Issuing marketable debt and equity securities is not the primary way in which businesses finance their operations. Indirect finance, which involves the activities of financial intermediaries, is many times more important than direct finance, in which businesses raise funds directly from lenders in financial markets. Direct finance is also far less important than indirect finance in the rest of the world: financial intermediaries, particularly banks, are the most important source of external funds used to finance businesses. In developing countries, banks play an even more important role in the financial system than they do in the industrialized countries: the financial system is among the most heavily regulated sectors of the economy.

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