1. A Retrospective on the 2008 Global Financial Crisis- Robert Z Aliber and Gylfi Zoega -- Part I: The Source of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis -- 2. The Financial Alchemy that Failed- Marcus Miller -- 3. Prudential Regulation and Capital Controls- Michael Dooley -- 4. Three Grand State...

This paper examines the interactions of macroprudential and monetary policies. We find, using a range of macroeconomic models used at the European Central Bank, that in the long run, a 1% bank capital requirement increase has a small impact on GDP. In the short run, GDP declines by 0.15-0.35%....

The global financial crisis of late 2008 could not have provided more convincing evidence that price stability is not a sufficient condition for financial stability. In order to attain both, central banks must develop macroprudential instruments in order to prevent the occurrence of systemic...