# Foreign credit size

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## Definition

Loans to borrowers abroad. In Germany, there is a regulatory reporting obligation (obligation of reporting foreign credits) for corresponding amounts to counterparties domiciled outside the EEA, Switzerland, the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand for exposures exceeding EUR 10 million on the basis of the Country Risk Regulation pursuant to Section 25 (3) of the German Banking Act (KWG). - See foreign claims, country risk, risk, systemic, risk ranking. - On foreign loans to emerging market economies, see the Deutsche Bundesbank's Monthly Report of April 2010, pp. 35 et seq. (pp. 42 et seq.: determinants of banks' lending behavior; pp. 48 et seq.: cross-border lending during the financial crisis; overview), Financial Stability Report 2011, pp. 41 et seq. (foreign assets vis-à-vis selected emerging market economies and the associated risks) and, more generally, foreign lending broken down by various characteristics, in the annex "Euro area statistics" to the respective ECB Monthly Bulletin, section "Monetary developments, banks and investment funds." Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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