Policy Papers

Analytics of Systemic Crises and the Role of Global Financial Safety Nets

Publication Date:

May 31, 2011

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Summary:

In response to the global crisis, the Fund overhauled its lending toolkit and boosted its resources, strengthening its ability to pre-empt financial crises. This paper—with the companion paper on Mapping Cross-Border Financial Linkages—takes another look at the recent global crisis in the context of a broader review of past systemic crises to (i) assess whether rising linkages across countries is a source of latent systemic instability and (ii) ascertain whether the global financial safety net (GFSN) is adequate to contain crisis and contagion risks arising from such systemic instability. This paper develops a new methodology to identify systemic crises and reviews associated policy responses from a global, rather than country-level, perspective

Series:

Policy Papers

Subject:

Cross country analysis External shocks Financial crisis Financial safety nets Fund arrangements Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009 Liquidity management Monetary policy Risk management