Euromoney Trade Finance survey 2012: Trade not getting the credit

The shadow of economic gloom has fallen over output, while Basle III is playing havoc with the rulebook for funding. Success relies on access to US dollars, and losses will drive up prices – unless the rules can be changed or new players join the market

 

Trade Finance survey results index

It is easy to forget about trade finance, what with the eurozone crisis and efforts to simultaneously rein in banks’ excesses while pushing them to lend more occupying the minds of politicians and central bankers worldwide.

Yet the impact of those challenges on this crucial component of the global financial system could be sufficient to undermine efforts to restore economic confidence.

World trade is under pressure. In September, the World Trade Organization downgraded its growth expectations for trade volumes for 2011 to 5.8%,

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