What finance for what growth?

October 5, 2018

A collection of recent thought-provoking facts and findings on the relationship between finance and growth to feed the debate. Since the financial crisis, the links between banks and growth are being re-examined. This factsheet looks at recent findings to ask which bank activities could best help the EU’s growth plans, and how they compare with the current activities of the EU’s large banks.

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