Financial sector stability

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• Financial Stability Risks Mount as Artificial Intelligence Fuels Cyberattacks
  • Published: May 7, 2026
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Tamas Gaidosch, Rangachary Ravikumar
  • Summary: Resilience, supervision, and international coordination are essential to safeguarding global financial markets as new AI tools enable attackers
• War in the Middle East Challenges Global Financial Stability
  • Published: April 14, 2026
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: Markets have been broadly orderly so far—but financial stability risks are elevated
• Stock-Bond Diversification Offers Less Protection From Market Selloffs
  • Published: February 18, 2026
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Johannes Kramer, Sheheryar Malik
  • Summary: Diversification has become harder since 2020 as stocks and bonds tend to move in tandem during sharp selloffs, adding to financial stability concerns
• Growth of Nonbanks is Revealing New Financial Stability Risks
  • Published: October 14, 2025
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: Policymakers should strengthen oversight of nonbank financial intermediaries, whose increasing interconnectedness with banks could exacerbate adverse shocks
• Fostering Core Government Bond Market Resilience
  • Published: May 21, 2025
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Kleopatra Nikolaou, Jason Wu
  • Summary: Policymakers should broaden central clearing and monitor market-making, including by nonbank financial institutions, while dealers must continue to build resilience
• Enhancing Financial Stability for Resilience During Uncertain Times
  • Published: April 22, 2025
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: Risks have risen as financial conditions tightened, with key vulnerabilities ahead
• How Rising Geopolitical Risks Weigh on Asset Prices
  • Published: April 14, 2025
  • Authors: Salih Fendoglu, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Felix Suntheim
  • Summary: Heightened tensions can hurt stock markets, raise government borrowing costs, and pose risks to financial stability
• Global Financial Fragilities Mount Despite Rate Cuts and Buoyant Markets
  • Published: October 22, 2024
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Sheheryar Malik, Jason Wu
  • Summary: Increased investor risk-taking could fuel vulnerabilities
• How High Economic Uncertainty May Threaten Global Financial Stability
  • Published: October 15, 2024
  • Authors: Mario Catalán, Andrea Deghi, Mahvash S. Qureshi
  • Summary: Unknowns raise risk of financial market volatility and a sharp decline in economic growth
• Financial Stability Implications of Emerging Market Currency Developments
  • Published: July 22, 2024
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, Jason Wu
  • Summary: Currencies have depreciated to varying degrees in emerging market economies as interest rate differentials with the United States narrowed
• Central Banks Must Remain Vigilant Along the Last Mile of Disinflation
  • Published: April 16, 2024
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: The decline of inflation could be stalling in some economies
• Rising Cyber Threats Pose Serious Concerns for Financial Stability
  • Published: April 9, 2024
  • Authors: Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi, Felix Suntheim
  • Summary: Greater digitalization and heightened geopolitical tensions imply that the risk of a cyberattack with systemic consequences has risen
• Fast-Growing $2 Trillion Private Credit Market Warrants Closer Watch
  • Published: April 8, 2024
  • Authors: Charles Cohen, Caio Ferreira, Fabio Natalucci, Nobuyasu Sugimoto
  • Summary: Rapid growth of this opaque and highly interconnected segment of the financial system could heighten financial vulnerabilities given its limited oversight
• Financial Stability Needs Supervisors With the Ability and Will to Act
  • Published: September 18, 2023
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabiana Melo, Marina Moretti, Jay Surti
  • Summary: Supervisors in many countries face conditions that limit their effectiveness. Raising the bar requires independence with clear mandates, enhanced powers, greater resources, and more effective approaches.
• Asia Must Monitor Rising Corporate Debt Amid Higher Interest Rates
  • Published: May 25, 2023
  • Authors: Thomas Helbling, Shanaka J. Peiris, Monica Petrescu
  • Summary: Elevated borrowing costs are adding to risks that some companies may default on their debt as central banks keep interest rates higher for longer to contain inflation
• Nonbank Financial Sector Vulnerabilities Surface as Financial Conditions Tighten
  • Published: April 4, 2023
  • Authors: Antonio Garcia Pascual, Fabio Natalucci, Thomas Piontek
  • Summary: NBFIs have emerged as key players in the financial sector, and global financial stability could hinge on their resilience as policy is tightened to tackle high inflation
• Market Liquidity Strains Signal Heightened Global Financial Stability Risk
  • Published: October 27, 2022
  • Authors: Fabio Cortes, Glenn Gottselig, Shoko Ikarashi, Aki Yokoyama
  • Summary: A deterioration in market liquidity has amplified price swings
• Interest Rate Increases, Volatile Markets Signal Rising Financial Stability Risks
  • Published: October 11, 2022
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian
  • Summary: Global financial conditions have tightened as central banks accelerate monetary policy normalization to keep rapid inflation from becoming entrenched
• From 1980s Debt Crisis to Crypto Era, Financial Stability Monitoring is Always Evolving
  • Published: June 22, 2022
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi
  • Summary: The IMF’s Global Financial Stability Report, introduced in 2002, was a step toward a more comprehensive assessment of risks in financial markets and cross-border capital flows.
• Emerging-Market Banks’ Government Debt Holdings Pose Financial Stability Risks
  • Published: April 18, 2022
  • Authors: Andrea Deghi, Fabio Natalucci, Mahvash S. Qureshi
  • Summary: Banks’ holdings of sovereign debt rise to a record as governments spend to cushion pandemic impact.
• Lower for Longer: Rising Vulnerabilities May Put Growth at Risk
  • Published: October 16, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Fabio Natalucci
• The Slope of the US Yield Curve and Risks to Growth
  • Published: July 2, 2019
  • Authors: Tobias Adrian, Rohit Goel, Fabio Natalucci
• Communications Can Help to Get Financial Stability Off the Ground
  • Published: February 22, 2018
  • Authors: Olga Stankova
• Improving Financial Stability in China
  • Published: December 7, 2017
  • Authors: Ratna Sahay, James P. Walsh
• U.S. Economy Returning to Growth, but With Pockets of Vulnerability
  • Published: June 4, 2015
  • Authors: Christine Lagarde
• How to Sustain Recent Financial Gains: Fix Old Risks and Meet New Challenges
  • Published: April 17, 2013
  • Authors: José Viñals
• Tokyo links -- IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings
  • Published: October 7, 2012
• Strong Leadership, Collective Action Key to Economic Recovery
  • Published: September 23, 2011
  • Authors: iMFdirect
• Time Waits for No Man: How to Secure Financial Stability in 2011
  • Published: January 25, 2011
  • Authors: José Viñals
• iMFdirect--Must Reads on Global Finance and Budgets
  • Published: January 3, 2011
• Financial System Fragilities – Achilles’ Heel of Economic Recovery
  • Published: October 5, 2010
  • Authors: José Viñals
• Unwinding Crisis Policies in Europe: Are We There Yet?
  • Published: January 17, 2010
  • Authors: Marek Belka

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