01767cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002210 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451954302 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Fries, Steven. Japanese Banks and the Asset Price "Bubble" / Steven Fries. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1993. 1 online resource (52 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students With the recent collapse of the asset price 'bubble,' Japanese banks encountered significant pressure from both a sharp decline in the value of equity holdings and a marked increase in bad loans. In August 1992, the Government initiated measures that stabilized equity prices and assisted banks in managing their nonperforming loans. While the major banks disclosed that 4.6 percent of their total loans were nonperforming at the end of FY 1992, a mechanical estimate of all banks' nonperforming and restructured loans is 6-7 percent of their total loans--a serious yet manageable problem. The main policy implications are to ensure the reasonably prompt resolution of the bad loan problem and to enhance market discipline to prevent its recurrence. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1993/085 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1993/085/001.1993.issue-085-en.xml IMF e-Library