2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  A view of the business sector’s sources of financing indicates that the trend of a decline in the weight of bank credit and an increase in the weight of domestic nonbank credit – through corporate bonds and recently through direct loans from institutional investors as well – that we witnessed since the beginning of the century continues even after the global crisis of 2008–9 (slide 12).
It is to provide reassurance on the possible impact of a Brexit, if that came about – which we hope not – on the confidence of economic players and on the stability of the financial markets.