{"id":6219,"date":"2012-11-18T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2012-11-18T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T23:25:03","slug":"shadow-banking-grows-to-67-trillion-industry-regulators-say-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/18\/shadow-banking-grows-to-67-trillion-industry-regulators-say-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Shadow Banking Grows to $67 Trillion Industry, Regulators Say &#8211; Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Moshinsky and Jim Brunsden write:<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#ccccff;\"><p>The size [$67 trillion] of the shadow banking system, which includes the activities of money market funds, monoline insurers and off- balance sheet investment vehicles, \u201ccan create systemic risks\u201d and \u201camplify market reactions when market liquidity is scarce,\u201d the Financial Stability Board said in a report, which utilized more data than last year\u2019s probe into the sector&#8230;&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href='http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2012-11-18\/shadow-banking-grows-to-67-trillion-industry-regulators-say.html'>Shadow Banking Grows to $67 Trillion Industry, Regulators Say &#8211; 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