Global Financial Stability Report, March 2002: Market Developments and Issues

Global Financial Stability Report, March 13, 2002

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Bibliographic details

• Published: March 13, 2002
• Series: Global Financial Stability Report
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589061057.082

Executive summary and market outlook

• Financial markets ended the year 2001 on a positive note.
• Financial markets anticipate, and have priced in, a recovery in economic activity and corporate earnings during 2002.
• Publication date: March 13, 2002.

Equity markets

• Equity markets recovered and rallied noticeably from their lows of late September.

Bond markets and interest rates

• In bond markets, yield spreads of corporate and high-yielding bonds, particularly emerging market bonds, narrowed against the U.S. Treasury.
• The U.S. Treasury yield curve steepened.
• The U.S. dollar has strengthened.

Thematic coverage and subjects

• Credit; Credit risk; Early warning systems; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Financial crises; Financial markets; Financial regulation and supervision; Money; Stock markets.
• Geographic and topical keywords: Asia and Pacific; Europe; Global; emerging market; emerging market bond; emerging market sovereign; financial market development; investor; market; market discipline; market expectation; market participant; Stock markets; GFSR.

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