Global Financial Stability Report, April 2008: Containing Systemic Risks and Restoring Financial Soundness
Global Financial Stability Report, April 8, 2008
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- Published: April 8, 2008
- Series: Global Financial Stability Report
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589067202.082
Overview
- The events of the past six months have demonstrated the fragility of the global financial system and raised fundamental questions about the effectiveness of the response by private and public sector institutions.
- The report assesses the vulnerabilities that the system is facing and offers tentative conclusions and policy lessons.
- The report reflects information available up to March 21, 2008.
- Publication date: April 8, 2008.
Key findings and analysis
- The global financial system exhibited pronounced fragility over the six months preceding the report.
- The report assesses system vulnerabilities and offers tentative conclusions and policy lessons (specific lessons and conclusions are detailed in the full report).
- Emphasis on containment of systemic risks and restoration of financial soundness through actions by private and public sector institutions.
Subjects covered
- Asset and liability management
- Banking
- CDOs
- Credit
- Emerging and frontier financial markets
- Financial institutions
- Financial markets
- Financial regulation and supervision
- Liquidity
- Liquidity risk
- Loans
- Money
Keywords (as provided)
- Africa, asset, Baltics, bank, carry trade, CDOs, central bank activism, commercial paper, Credit, credit market, director, Emerging and frontier financial markets, emerging market bond Index, Europe, fair value, funding market, GFSR, Global, Liquidity, Liquidity risk, Loans, market, market functioning, market liquidity, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, mortgage-backed security, security, subprime mortgage, U.S. dollar
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- 2008年4月《全球金融稳定报告》- 控制系统性风险和恢复金融稳健
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- Financial regulation and supervision
- Liquidity
- Liquidity risk
- Loans
- Money
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