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Global Financial Stability Report, April 2019
Vulnerabilities in a Maturing Credit Cycle
The April 2019 GFSR finds that despite significant variability over the past two quarters, financial conditions remain accommodative.
CHAPTER 1. ASSESSING RISKS TO GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, October 2007 : Financial Market Turbulence Causes, Consequences, and Policies
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 October 2007
ISBN: 9781589066762
Keywords: capital inflows, hedge funds, hedge, risk management, financial stability
Following an extended period of exceptionally favorable financial market conditions, international markets have entered a difficult period. The current episode of turbulence represents the first significant...
Chapter 4. Changing Global Financial Structures: Can They Improve Economic Outcomes? »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, October 2012 : Summary version
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 November 2012
ISBN: 9781616353902
Keywords: bond, banking, bonds, financial stability, credit
Summary The global financial crisis has required policymakers to reconsider the role that the structure of their financial systems plays in achieving good economic outcomes. A number...
Chapter 1: Global Financial Stability Assessment »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, April 2012 : The Quest for Lasting Stability
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 18 April 2012
ISBN: 9781616352479
Keywords: pension, longevity risk, bonds, life expectancy, bond
In late 2011, the euro area’s banking and government bond markets came under stresses that pushed financial stability risks to a new peak of inten...
Chapter 1. Global Financial Stability Assessment »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, October 2012 : Summary version
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 November 2012
ISBN: 9781616353902
Keywords: bond, banking, bonds, financial stability, credit
Risks to financial stability have increased since the April 2012 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), as confidence in the global financial s...
CHAPTER 4 Global Liquidity Expansion: Effects on “Receiving” Economies and Policy Response Options »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, April 2010 : Meeting New Challenges to Stability and Building a Safer System
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 May 2010
ISBN: 9781589069169
Keywords: loans, capital inflows, interest, debt, financial stability
Summary The transmission of abundant global liquidity and the accompanying surge in capital flows to economies with comparatively higher interest rates and a stronger growth outlook...
CHAPTER I ASSESSING GLOBAL FINANCIAL RISKS »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, April 2007 : Market Developments and Issues
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589066373
Keywords: hedge funds, hedge, financial stability, bond, banking
Developments since the September 2006 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) have been broadly in line with the baseline scenario of solid economic growth, while near-term economic risks have eased. Howeve...
CHAPTER II GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, April 2004 : Market Developments and Issues
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 06 April 2004
ISBN: 9781589063280
Keywords: bond, bonds, hedge, pension, hedge funds
Exceptionally low short-term interest rates in the major financial centers contributed to resurgent economic growth and rising corporate earnings and to progress in strengthening corporate balance sheets, th...
CHAPTER II GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, September 2003 : Market Developments and Issues
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 September 2003
ISBN: 9781589062368
Keywords: bond, bonds, hedging, capital flows, bond yields
This chapter examines the impact of low interest rates across a wide range of mature and emerging markets. It notes that, on balance, financial stability concerns have eased. Household and corporate balance...
CHAPTER II GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET DEVELOPMENTS »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, September 2004 : Market Developments and Issues
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 September 2004
ISBN: 9781589063785
Keywords: pension, pension funds, hedge, hedge funds, pension fund
Financial markets are adjusting with equanimity to the onset of the interest rate tightening cycle. The well-crafted communications strategy of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board prepared markets fully for the f...
Chapter III. Aspects of Global Asset Allocation »
Source: Global Financial Stability Report, September 2005 : Aspects of Global Asset Allocation
Series: Global Financial Stability Report
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 September 2005
ISBN: 9781451969535
Keywords: investors, pension, mutual funds, institutional investors, pension funds
The factors that determine changes in asset allocation and, hence, capital flows across national borders and sectors have important implications for the conduct of surveillance of g...