It is widely recognized that such policies, particularly below-market interest
rates and selective allocation of credit, are not without cost. One view, associated
with McKinnon (1973), is that these policies lead to financial repression:
without a market allocation mechanism, savings and-credit will be misallocated.
Thus, it became popular to argue for financialiberalization and relaxation
of government regulations, especially those that held interest rates on loans below
market-clearing levels.