The Banking and Financial Structure in the Nafta Countries and Chile

I: The Banking and Financial System of Canada: Steady Development.- 1. Canada’s Economy and Financial System: Recent and Prospective Developments and the Policy Issues They Pose.- 2. Challenges for the Further Restructuring of the Financial-Services Industry in Canada.- II: The Banking and Financial System of Chile: A Cautious Opening.- 3. Financial Integration and Chile’s Macroeconomic Performance.- 4. Macroeconomic and Financial Policy in Chile.- 5. The Current Debate over Changes in Chile’s Bank Act.- III: The Banking and Financial System of Mexico under Stress.- 6. Recovering Stability and Growth in Mexico’s Economy and Financial System.- 7. Crisis Management and Institutional Change Aimed at the Prevention of Future Crises.- IV: The Banking and Financial System of the United States Reconfigured.- 8. The Political Economy of Banking and Financial Regulation in the United States.- 9. The Transformation of the U.S. Financial System: Public Policy Implications.