Global Financial System

Most Of The Cash In The Financial System Is Manic-Depressive

The New York Times | AMAR BHIDÉ | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Business News, Banks, Banking Crisis, Federal Reserve, Global Financial System, Financial System, Economic Crisis, Business News

Central bankers barely averted a financial panic before Christmas by replacing hundreds of billions of dollars of deposits fleeing European banks. But...

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Soros: Global Financial System On Brink Of Collapse

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Eurozone, George Soros, Soros, European Union, Global Financial System, Financial System, Sovereign Debt Crisis, Soros on Crisis, Business News

Billionaire investor George Soros says that the global financial system is on the brink of collapse. Developed countries are falling into a "defla...

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Bonnie Kavoussi

Europe Could Cause U.S. Financial Crisis

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.06.2011

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If European politicians are unable to contain their sovereign debt problems, Wall Street could be on the brink of another financial crisis, according ...

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The Danger Zone: Financial Stability Risks Soar

José Viñals | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Capital Buffers, Financial Stability Risk, Sovereign Risks, Bank Balance Sheets, International Monetary Fund, Credit Risk, Global Financial Stability Report, Sovereign and Financial Balance Sheets, Imf, Deleveraging, Weak Balance Sheets, Household Balance Sheets, Financial Danger Zone, Balance Sheet Repair, Global Financial System, Imfdirect, Confidence, Video, Business News
José Viñals

Several shocks have recently buffeted the global financial system: unequivocal signs of a broader global economic slowdown; fresh market turbulence in the euro area; and the credit downgrade of the United States.

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Frankenstein, Return of the Zombies: The Sequel

Lydia Fisher | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Unemployment, Federal Budget Deficit, Financial Engineering, Cinderella of Wall Street, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Globalization, Global Financial System, Global Financial Crisis, Job Crisis, Lydia Fisher, Business Ethics, Business News
Lydia Fisher

Frankenstein was a "failed artificial life experiment" that went badly wrong. Ours incubated in financial laboratories -- the result of complex "innovative" financial engineering.

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Greek Default Could Trigger Chain Reaction Around The World

AP | David Mchugh | Posted 08.16.2011

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Greece's economy is small but the shock waves from a default on its debt could be amplified by links in the global financia...

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A Tale of Titans: The Too Important to Fail Conundrum

Aditya Narain | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Financial Stability Board, Basel III, Global Financial System, Imf, Too Big to Fail, Business News
Aditya Narain

We need look no further than the example of Lehman Brothers to understand how one financial institution's failure can threaten the global financial system and create devastating effects to economies around the world.

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Macroprudential Policy -- Filling the Black Hole

José Viñals | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Global Financial Crisis, Crisis Prevention, Regulatory Arbitrage, Macroprudential Policies, Loan-to-Value Ratio, Global Financial System, Systemic Risk, Capital Requirements, Credit Growth, Financial Stability, Macroprudential Regulation, Business News
José Viñals

Given the enormous economic and human cost of the recent financial debacle, I strongly believe that we cannot afford to miss this opportunity for substantial reform.

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Toto, We're Not in Kansas Anymore: Exploring the Post-tornado Contours of the Financial System

Laura Kodres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Risk Taking, Multilateral Cooperation | Tagged: Macrofinancial Linkages, Systemic Collapse, International Monetary Fund, Financial Reform, Financial Sector Supervision, Economic Crisis, Imf, Deleveraging, Financial System Risk, Leverage, Financial Sector Reform, Emerging Markets, Financial Regulation, Financial Supervision, Advanced Economies, Banks, Global Financial System, Nonbanks, Systemic Risk, Contagion, Macroprudential Regulation, Financial Crisis, Business News
Laura Kodres

Just as a tornado in Kansas transplanted Dorothy and, her dog, Toto, from familiar comforts to the unknown land of Oz, the global crisis has led many ...

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