Basel II and pro-cyclicality

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Allocating credit to those areas promising the highest return relative to the risk is the central economic function of financial markets. This drives dynamic economic efficiency and prevents the massive waste of resources caused by misdirection of society’s limited quantity of savings. Obviously such market decisions are never perfect in hindsight. Experience shows, however, that open and competitive financial markets are the best means of maximising such allocational efficiency.

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