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9 - Fiscal–Financial Risks 2

Bank, Shadow Bank, Central Bank and International Channels

from Part III - Fiscal Risks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2020

Ludger Schuknecht
Affiliation:
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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Summary

This chapter completes the discussion on fiscal–financial risks and looks at banks, shadow banks, central banks and international linkages.Banks have increased their resilience considerably over the past decade, supported by the international regulatory agenda. However, global indebtedness has increased further and bank balance sheets are often loaded with risky public and private credit. Moreover, there are fiscal risks from market-based finance: highly priced, low-quality credit held partly by a run-prone asset management industry, an under-funded pension industry and large derivative clearing houses. Central banks face risks from large asset holdings. International credit is very high and could transmit problems across borders. International safety nets have grown but so have demands for international support.Given record debt and debt increases, and our lack of knowledge and experience of how fiscal–financial risks will unfold in the future, building resilience is of the highest priority. This vindicates constraints on deficit and debt, such as the Maastricht limits and the regulatory agenda for the financial sector, and it provides a further argument for lean and efficient government.

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Public Spending and the Role of the State
History, Performance, Risk and Remedies
, pp. 204 - 232
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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