The estimates suggest that moving from the 25th to the 75th percentile of Kcont or Fxreg2 is associated with a 20–28 percentage point reduction in the share of foreign currency-denominated lending in total bank lending in 2007. While the magnitude of the effects appear to be large, they are plausible since FX-related prudential measures can have a direct impact on foreign currency lending by domestic banks (sufficiently restrictive measures can in principle drive such lending to zero).In particular, we find a strong association between restrictions on lending locally in foreign exchange, and limits on open FX positions and lower FX lending.