The use of short selling bans for “prolonged periods may distort required market adjustments,” Richard Reid, the International Centre for Financial Regulation’s director of research, said in the Bloomberg report. “It is not even clear how effective such bans are. After all, we have seen some really dramatic market movements in recent weeks when these bans have been in place.”
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Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.