The central analysis of this research paper is an identification of most the reliable economic indicators that could provide signals for the approaching financial distress in the world economies; these warnings should certainly contribute to construction of the effective global warning system...

This paper introduces financial cycle indexes and uses them in an early warning exercise. The indexes are based on the traditional theory of business cycles. Juglar cycles are deduced from a number of financial indicators, categorized as leading and lagging indicators, and aggregated into...

Die internationalen Finanzmärkte wurden in den letzten Jahren von einer Reihe folgenschwerer Währungskrisen heimgesucht. Zahlreiche Vorschläge für eine effizientere Krisenprävention werden seither diskutiert. Eine zentrale Idee ist die stärkere Nutzung von Frühwarnsystemen zur...

This study investigates an early warning indicator for liquidity shortages in the short-term interbank market. To identify structural breaks and their persistence, an autoregressive two-state regime switching model is presented. The variability in the LIBOR-OIS spread along with thresholds,...

This paper presents an agent based model which underlines the importance of credit network and leverage dynamics in determining the resilience of the system, defining an early warning indicator for crises. The model reproduces macroeconomic dynamics emerging from the interactions of...

Credit-to-GDP gaps are valuable early warning indicators for systemic banking crises. As such,they are useful for identifying vulnerabilities and can help guide the deployment of macroprudential tools such as the build-up of countercyclical capital buffers. In line with Basel III...

The purpose of this paper is the construction of an early warning indicator for systemic risk using entropy measures. The analysis is based on the cross-sectional distribution of marginal systemic risk measures such as Marginal Expected Shortfall, Delta CoVaR and network connectedness. These...

This study compares the performance of an old liquidity ratio (LiqR) and two new liquidity indicators, namely, liquidity creation (LiqC) and net stable funding difference (NSFD), in sending early warning signals for distressed banks. Recent evidence shows that the old indicator appears incapable...