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The risk accepted by banks when undertaking maturity transformation.
The structural risk accepted by banks when undertaking maturity transformation.


Banks' liabilities generally have much shorter contractual maturities than their assets.  
Banks' liabilities generally have much shorter contractual maturities than their assets.  

Revision as of 07:44, 14 August 2016

The structural risk accepted by banks when undertaking maturity transformation.

Banks' liabilities generally have much shorter contractual maturities than their assets.

This maturity mismatch is a source of liquidity risk.


See also