IMF Global Financial Stability Report: October 2016: Fostering Stability in a Low-Growth, Low-Rate Era
Global Financial Stability Report, October 31, 2016
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- Published: October 31, 2016
- Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Executive summary and overarching assessment
- Short-term risks to global financial stability have abated since April 2016, but medium-term risks continue to build.
- Financial institutions in advanced economies face cyclical and structural challenges and need to adapt to low growth and low interest rates, and to an evolving market and regulatory environment.
- Weak profitability could erode banks’ buffers over time and undermine their ability to support growth; a cyclical recovery will not resolve the problem of low profitability.
- The solvency of many life insurance companies and pension funds is threatened by a prolonged period of low interest rates.
- Corporate leverage in emerging market economies remains elevated in some countries, but the current favorable external environment presents an opportunity for overly indebted firms to restructure their balance sheets.
- The political climate is unsettled in many countries; a lack of income growth and a rise in inequality have opened the door for populist, inward-looking policies, making it harder to tackle legacy problems and exposing economies and markets to shocks.
- The report finds that fears of a decline in the effectiveness of monetary policy due to the rise of nonbank financing are unfounded; transmission of monetary policy is, if anything, stronger in economies with larger nonbank financial sectors.
- Improvements in corporate governance and investor protection in emerging market economies over the past two decades have bolstered financial system resilience and strengthen the case for further reform.
- A potent and more balanced policy mix is needed to deliver a stronger path for growth and financial stability and avoid slipping into financial and economic stagnation.
Chapter 1 — Financial Stability Challenges in a Low-Growth, Low-Rate Era
- Main finding: short-term risks have abated since April 2016, but medium-term risks continue to build.
- Advanced-economy banks:
- Face cyclical and structural challenges from low growth and low interest rates and an evolving market and regulatory environment.
- Weak profitability could erode buffers and undermine banks’ ability to support growth.
- A cyclical recovery alone will not resolve low profitability—more deep-rooted reforms and systemic management are needed, especially for European banks.
- Insurance companies and pension funds:
- Solvency of many life insurance companies and pension funds is threatened by prolonged low interest rates.
- Emerging market economies:
- Corporate leverage remains elevated in some countries.
- Current favorable external environment presents an opportunity for overly indebted firms to restructure balance sheets.
- Political and policy environment:
- Rising inequality and weak income growth have increased risks of populist, inward-looking policies, complicating resolution of legacy problems and increasing exposure to shocks.
- Policy implication: adopt a more balanced and potent policy mix to strengthen growth and financial stability and avoid financial/economic stagnation.
Chapter 2 — Monetary Policy and the Rise of Nonbank Finance
- Focus: how nonbank financial institutions shape the transmission of monetary policy.
- Key findings:
- Nonbanks, if anything, have strengthened the transmission of monetary policy.
- Nonbanks may amplify monetary policy effects on real activity because their incentives to take risks are particularly sensitive to changes in monetary policy.
- Banks still matter for transmission because even large firms have limited ability to move away from bank loans into bond financing after a monetary contraction.
- Policy guidance:
- Policymakers must adapt the conduct of monetary policy to changes in the composition of financial systems.
- Be mindful of implications of monetary policy on financial stability.
- Continue to enhance the provision of data on nonbank financial intermediaries.
Chapter 3 — Corporate Governance, Investor Protection, and Financial Stability in Emerging Markets
- Focus: links between corporate governance, investor protection, and financial stability across emerging market economies.
- Main findings:
- Corporate governance and investor protection have generally improved in emerging market economies over the past two decades.
- Stronger corporate governance and investor protection frameworks enhance resilience to global financial shocks.
- Improvements foster deeper and more liquid capital markets, making them better able to absorb shocks.
- Corporate governance improvements enhance stock market efficiency, reducing sensitivity to external shocks and crash risk.
- Emerging market economies with better governance and investor protections generally have stronger corporate balance sheets.
- Policy recommendations:
- Bolster rights of outside investors, especially minority shareholders.
- Bring disclosure requirements fully in line with international best practice.
- Promote greater board independence.
- These reforms are likely to yield financial stability benefits and strengthen systemic resilience.
Analytical tools, scenarios, and empirical content (high-level inventory)
- Chapter 1 includes a range of figures and scenarios such as:
- Global Financial Stability Map: Risks and Conditions; Brexit’s Impact on Financial Markets; Bank Profitability decompositions; Pension Funding Shortfalls; Scenarios for Deleveraging in Emerging Market Firms; Financial Stagnation and Protectionism Scenario.
- Chapter 2 includes analyses and figures on:
- Trends in the Transmission of Monetary Policy; Channels of Monetary Policy Transmission; Empirical Evidence on the Transmission of Monetary Policy; Risk Taking by Mutual Funds; Bond Finance around the World.
- Chapter 3 includes firm- and country-level governance indices and empirical tests on:
- Corporate Governance and Equity Returns; Crash Risk; Corporate Governance and Selected Balance Sheet Indicators; Firm-Level Governance and Solvency.
Source: IMF Global Financial Stability Report: October 2016: Fostering Stability in a Low-Growth, Low-Rate Era.
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- Assumptions and Conventions
- Chapter 1: Financial Stability Challenges in A Low-Growth, Low-Rate Era
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- Corporate Governance, Investor Protection, and Financial Stability in Emerging Markets
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- Figure 1.1.1. Brexit Implications for the United Kingdom
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- Figure 1.1. Global Financial Stability Map: Risks and Conditions
- Figure 1.10. Developed and Emerging Economy Banks: Capital and Liquidity Indicators
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- Figure 1.2. Global Financial Stability Map: Assessment of Risks and Conditions
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- Figure 1.22. Portfolio Flows to Emerging Market Economies and Asset Prices
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- Figure 1.26. China: Credit Overhang and Shadow Credit
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- Figure 1.5. Policy Uncertainty
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