NEW YORK – The US ban on ‘short selling’ introduced at the height of the financial crisis did more harm than good, according to a study published by the New York Federal Reserve in early August. Restrictions on the short selling of financial stocks were imposed in September 2008, at a time of intense market stress by the US and a number of other countries.

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