Download or read book Bank Oversight Structure written by Maja Wessels and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proposals to consolidate U.S. bank regulatory agencies have raised questions about how other countries structure and carry out their various bank regulation and central bank activities. This report discusses the structure and operations of bank oversight and central bank activities in five countries: Canada, France, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom. Identifies potential avenues for oversight modernization, and identifies the characteristics of the 5 countries' regulatory structures that might be useful to consider in any U.S. oversight modernization effort. Tables.