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Global Financial System Tested by Higher Inflation and Interest Rates

April 11, 2023

Tobias Adrian

Rapid monetary policy tightening after years of low rates is exposing fault lines

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Geopolitics and Fragmentation Emerge as Serious Financial Stability Threats

April 5, 2023

Mario Catalán, Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Tomohiro Tsuruga

Rising tensions could trigger cross-border capital outflows and increased uncertainty that would threaten macro-financial stability

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Global Portfolio Asset Holdings Decrease Amid Elevated Uncertainty

March 20, 2023

Evrim Bese Goksu, Alicia Hierro, Rita Mesias, Wilson Phiri

Elevated risk aversion amid heightened geopolitical and inflation risks and tightening monetary policies in advanced economies weighed on sentiment

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Countries Should Act Now to Limit Rising Risks From Corporate Distress

January 31, 2023

Burcu Hacibedel, Ritong Qu

Sharp rises in global interest rates could spark corporate distress and pose wider problems for many economies

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Global Current Account Balances Widen Amid War and Pandemic

August 4, 2022

Giovanni Ganelli, Pau Rabanal, Niamh Sheridan

The war in Ukraine and resulting increase in commodity prices are expected to contribute to a further widening this year.

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Capital Markets Regulation Is Stronger, but Some Gaps Still Must be Closed

June 29, 2022

Tobias Adrian, Jay Surti

Countries have made substantial progress toward implementing capital markets regulatory reform, but important gaps remain and new challenges have raised the bar.

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