Il existe plusieurs methodes pour apprecier si un taux de change est a son "bon niveau". La parite de pouvoir d'achat (PPA), en niveau et en evolution, constitue une reference souvent utilisee. Mais elle n'est guere appropriee a l'etude des pays emergents, qui ont des niveaux de prix beaucoup...

The huge positions on the credit default swaps (CDS) have raised concerns about the ability of the market to settle major entities’ defaults. The near-failure of AIG and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008 have revealed the exposure of CDS’s buyers to counterparty risk and hence...

The primary functions of a financial system are to supply clearing and settlement of payments, to ensure resource pooling and to transfer those economic resources through time and space, as well as to provide price information on assets by correctly assessing and managing risks. A financial...

Les espoirs dans une nouvelle architecture financiere internationale centree sur les institutions de Bretton Woods ne se sont pas concretises. L’article analyse quatre echecs majeurs des tentatives d’ameliorer le fonctionnement du systeme financier international. L’endettement souverain...

Les pays d'Europe centrale ont restructure leur industrie vers les marches exterieurs. Ce redeploiement n'aurait pas pu se faire sans une relative stabilite macroeconomique en depit des crises financieres dans d'autres regions du monde. Les entrees d'investissements directs et la limitation de...

The long haul across capital-intensive growth in China will gradually come to an end. As a “silent revolution”, the financial reform taking place is laying the foundations for a modern market economy, in which the efficient allocation of capital should ensure a steady growth rate. Supported...

In late 2011 the twin sovereign and bank crises worsened substantially. The very existence of the euro was getting jeopardized by both a creeping fragmentation of the European financial system and by a recession in Southern Europe dragging down the whole EMU. In this paper, we show why there was...

The global financial crisis has pinpointed the relevance and the virulence of systemic risk in modern innovative finance. It is grounded in the propensity of credit markets to drift to extremes in close correlation with asset price spikes and slumps. In turn, such a propensity is nurtured by the...