Cyclical Patterns of Systemic Risk Metrics: Cross-Country Analysis

Author/Editor:

Plamen K Iossifov ; Tomas Dutra Schmidt

Publication Date:

February 5, 2021

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Summary:

We analyze a range of macrofinancial indicators to extract signals about cyclical systemic risk across 107 economies over 1995–2020. We construct composite indices of underlying liquidity, solvency and mispricing risks and analyze their patterns over the financial cycle. We find that liquidity and solvency risk indicators tend to be counter-cyclical, whereas mispricing risk ones are procyclical, and they all lead the credit cycle. Our results lend support to high-level accounts that risks were underestimated by stress indicators in the run-up to the 2008 global financial crisis. The policy implications of conflicting risk signals would depend on the phase of the credit cycle.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2021/028

Subject:

Frequency:

regular

English

Publication Date:

February 5, 2021

ISBN/ISSN:

9781513568652/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2021028

Pages:

40

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