Banking and Capital Markets
This new tool will help reinforce trust in central banks, says the IMF
To maintain public trust in the face of economic and financial turbulence, central banks must focus on transparency and accountability, says the IMF.
Tobias Adrian
Tobias Adrian is a Senior Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Associate Director of Research and Statistics Group. His research covers asset pricing, financial intermediation, and macroeconomics, with a focus on the aggregate implications of capital market developments.
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Cybersecurity
How can companies manage the increase in cyberthreats?
More than half of central banks or supervisory authorities do not have a national cyber strategy for the financial sector, according to an IMF survey.
Financial and Monetary Systems
This chart shows how central bank interest rates have changed
Central banks have taken unprecedented measures like hiking interest rates to ease financial conditions and support economic recovery as inflation hits record highs in many countries.
Financial and Monetary Systems
Inflation has risen so fast it’s even surprised central banks. Can they do anything to bring it down?
Central banks need to note a key lesson from the high inflation of the 1960s and 1970s – acting too slowly leads to much more painful adjustments later.
Energy Transition
How replacing coal with renewable energy could pay for itself
New research suggests swapping coal for renewable energy would bring serious economic as well as ecological advantages. Here's how the world might benefit.
Financial and Monetary Systems
IMF experts explain the urgent need for comprehensive global laws around cryptocurrencies
Crypto assets are changing the international monetary and financial system, but there is an urgent need for cross-border collaboration to address potential challenges.
Economic Progress
Inflation is well above target in many countries, so what can policymakers do?
With inflationary pressures intensifying and Omicron generating new uncertainties, monetary policymakers are facing new and challenging tradeoffs globally.
COVID-19
El Coronavirus está empeorando la fragilidad financiera mundial, según el FMI
El Fondo Monetario Internacional ha advertido que la pandemia corre el riesgo de amplificar aún más las vulnerabilidades financieras preexistentes.
COVID-19
Coronavirus is worsening global financial fragility, according to the IMF
The International Monetary Fund has warned that the pandemic risks further amplifying pre-existing financial vulnerabilities.
Inequality
The global economy is in a vulnerable state – here's how we can avoid disaster
Weak spots in the global economy could amplify the impact of a shock, threatening economic growth.
Financial and Monetary Systems
How can we get better at forecasting financial instability
It remains difficult to forecast financial instability. But, progress is being made to improve the understanding of important links between the financial sector and the economy.
Financial and Monetary Systems
5 charts on the vulnerabilities in the global economy - and why we should worry about them
If financial conditions remain easy for too long, vulnerabilities will continue to build, and the odds of a sharp drop in economic growth at some later point will be higher.
Banking and Capital Markets
Market liquidity, leverage, and regulation ten years after the crisis
Banks’ balance sheet leverage has been shrinking, and dealers’ corporate bond holdings have fallen and stagnated (Figure 1). These factors raise potential concerns that dealers have reduc...
Banking and Capital Markets
Market liquidity, leverage, and regulation ten years after the crisis
The financial system has undergone far-reaching changes since the 2008 Global Crisis. This column casts those changes in terms of shifts in the way financial intermediaries manage their b...
Financial and Monetary Systems
This is how much progress we've made on banking reform since the crisis
This chart from the IMF looks at banking regulation and supervisory frameworks from 2013 to 2017.