Fundamental vulnerability continues to be found also with respect to maturity mismatch, although the mismatch has reportedly been improving to some extent.4 (2) To Change Bank-Centered Financial Structure and High Reliance on Foreign Institutions Second, the bank-centered structure of the financial intermediary function also remains basically unchanged.
In particular, resilient growth in Asia and in the oil-exporting countries has bolstered global growth. For the second half of the year, however, retreating leading indicators and survey measures suggest a somewhat more pronounced global slowdown.