Externalities and Macroprudential Policy
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Summary:
This note overviews macroprudential policy options that have been proposed to address the systemic risks experienced during the recent financial crisis. It contributes to the policy debate by providing a taxonomy of macroprudential policies in terms of the specific negative externalities in the financial system that these policies are meant to address, and discusses their interrelations and some key implementation issues.
Series:
Staff Discussion Notes No. 2012/005
Subject:
Asset and liability management Asset liquidity Banking Financial contagion Financial crises Financial sector policy and analysis Macroprudential policy Systemic risk
English
Publication Date:
June 7, 2012
ISBN/ISSN:
9781475504095/2617-6750
Stock No:
SDNEA2012005
Pages:
24
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