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Scrapping the loan-to-deposit ratio won’t boost bank lending

A new proposal to do away with the loan-to-deposit ratio won’t relax the primary constraints on bank lending. It should, however, mean that a greater share of lending is directed towards smaller and generally more efficient firms.

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