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• Dollar Dominance in the International Reserve System: An Update
  • Published: June 11, 2024
  • Authors: Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, Chima Simpson-Bell
  • Summary: The US dollar continues to cede ground to nontraditional currencies in global foreign exchange reserves, but it remains the preeminent reserve currency
• Global Financial System Tested by Higher Inflation and Interest Rates
  • Published: April 11, 2023
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: Rapid monetary policy tightening after years of low rates is exposing fault lines
• Geopolitics and Fragmentation Emerge as Serious Financial Stability Threats
  • Published: April 5, 2023
  • Authors: Mario Catalán, Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Tomohiro Tsuruga
  • Summary: Rising tensions could trigger cross-border capital outflows and increased uncertainty that would threaten macro-financial stability
• Global Portfolio Asset Holdings Decrease Amid Elevated Uncertainty
  • Published: March 20, 2023
  • Authors: Evrim Bese Goksu, Alicia Hierro, Rita Mesias, Wilson Phiri
  • Summary: Elevated risk aversion amid heightened geopolitical and inflation risks and tightening monetary policies in advanced economies weighed on sentiment
• Countries Should Act Now to Limit Rising Risks From Corporate Distress
  • Published: January 31, 2023
  • Authors: Burcu Hacibedel, Ritong Qu
  • Summary: Sharp rises in global interest rates could spark corporate distress and pose wider problems for many economies
• Global Current Account Balances Widen Amid War and Pandemic
  • Published: August 4, 2022
  • Authors: Giovanni Ganelli, Pau Rabanal, Niamh Sheridan
  • Summary: The war in Ukraine and resulting increase in commodity prices are expected to contribute to a further widening this year.
• Capital Markets Regulation Is Stronger, but Some Gaps Still Must be Closed
  • Published: June 29, 2022
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Jay Surti
  • Summary: Countries have made substantial progress toward implementing capital markets regulatory reform, but important gaps remain and new challenges have raised the bar.
• Dollar Dominance and the Rise of Nontraditional Reserve Currencies
  • Published: June 1, 2022
  • Authors: Serkan Arslanalp, Barry Eichengreen, Chima Simpson-Bell
  • Summary: The greenback’s share of global foreign-exchange reserves has extended a two-decade decline, but it’s still used more than all other currencies combined.
• Private Debt to Weigh on Global Economic Recovery
  • Published: April 18, 2022
  • Authors: Silvia Albrizio, Sonali Das, Christoffer Koch, Jean-Marc Natal, Philippe Wingender
  • Summary: A record rise in private debt could slow the economic recovery, but the drag on growth will vary across countries and within them.
• First Global Bank Stress Test Highlights Increased Financial Resilience
  • Published: April 6, 2022
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Vikram Haksar, Ivo Krznar
  • Summary: The world’s banking systems saw significant capital increases ahead of the pandemic and are resilient to very large shocks.
• Why the IMF is Updating its View on Capital Flows
  • Published: March 30, 2022
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Gita Gopinath, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, Rhoda Weeks-Brown
  • Summary: In some circumstances, countries should have the option of pre-emptively curbing debt inflows to safeguard macroeconomic and financial stability.
• Countries in the IMF Financial Stability Spotlight in 2022
  • Published: February 3, 2022
  • Authors: The Editors
• The Next Move: Consequences for Emerging Markets
  • Published: June 2, 2021
  • Authors: Gita Bhatt
• Glaciers of Global Finance: The Currency Composition of Central Banks’ Reserve Holdings
  • Published: December 16, 2020
  • Authors: Alina Iancu, Neil Meads, Martin Mühleisen, Yiqun Wu
  • Summary: The currencies that are being held by central banks as foreign exchange reserves have remained largely steady over decades.
• Global Banks May Grow More Vulnerable to a Dollar Disruption
  • Published: October 11, 2019
  • Authors: Claudio Raddatz Kiefer, Adolfo Barajas
• The Rise of Powerful Companies
  • Published: June 6, 2019
  • Authors: The Editors
• Bank Profitability: Consider the Source
  • Published: April 30, 2019
  • Authors: Udaibir S. Das, Kun Hu, TengTeng Xu
• A Bumpy Road Ahead for the Global Financial System
  • Published: April 18, 2018
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
• Risky Business: Reading Credit Flows for Crisis Signals
  • Published: April 10, 2018
  • Authors: Claudio Raddatz Kiefer
• The Current Economic Sweet Spot Is Not the “New Normal”
  • Published: January 22, 2018
  • Authors: Maurice Obstfeld
• Financial Stability Improves, But Rising Vulnerabilities Could Put Growth at Risk
  • Published: October 11, 2017
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
• Links and Levers: How the Caucasus and Central Asia Are Tied to Russia
  • Published: August 1, 2014
  • Authors: Alberto Behar
• Taper Tantrum or Tedium: How U.S. Interest Rates Affect Financial Markets in Emerging Economies
  • Published: May 22, 2014
  • Authors: Alexander Klemm, Andre Meier, Sebastián Sosa
• Emerging Markets Need To Do More To Remain Engines of Global Growth
  • Published: January 22, 2014
  • Authors: Min Zhu
• A Wish List for China’s Third Plenum
  • Published: October 22, 2013
  • Authors: Anoop Singh
• Latin America: Riding the Global Financial Waves
  • Published: June 17, 2012
  • Authors: Gustavo Adler, Camilo E. Tovar
• Key Links for the Greek Financing Package
  • Published: May 2, 2010
• World Faces Serious New Economic Challenges
  • Published: April 21, 2010
  • Authors: Olivier Blanchard

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