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Growth of unregulated shadow banking sector

The shadow banking sector—comprising firms such as hedge funds that act like banks by taking deposits and using funds to buy financial assets (eg housing loans) while keeping only a fraction of the deposits on hand as cash—grew outside regulation.

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Growth of unregulated shadow banking sector
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