This paper sets out general principles for the design of financial stability frameworks, starting from an analysis of the objectives and tools of financial regulation. The paper then offers a comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of the two main models that have emerged for modern...

This paper provides evidence that central bank interventions had a statistically significant impact on easing stress in unsecured interbank markets during the first phase of the subprime crisis which began in July 2007. Extraordinary liquidity provisions, such as the Term Auction Facility by the...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- II. A BRIEF REVIEW OF MACROECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS SINCE THE EARLY 1990S -- III. THE DATA -- IV. SECTORAL BALANCE SHEETS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- References -- Appendix I: Balance Sheet Matrices for 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000,...