It's therefore crucial to deepen our understanding of how the various transmission channels for monetary policy can be affected by variables that could be targets for
financial system policies.
So we need to deepen our understanding of the links and potential trade - offs between monetary and
financial system policies.
Not exact matches
Poloz's press conference followed the release of the central bank's December
Financial System Review, which concluded that a record household debt burden makes Canada vulnerable to a housing crash, although
policy makers see little reason to think that will happen.
I would encourage you to remember that the current low levels of interest rates, while in the first instance a reflection of the Federal Reserve's monetary
policy, are in a larger sense the result of the recent
financial crisis, the worst shock to this nation's
financial system since the 1930s.
U.S. - educated Yi, 60, a protege of respected predecessor Zhou Xiaochuan, is widely seen as a safe pair of hands, ensuring
policy continuity as China persists with its crackdown on risks and a debt build - up in its increasingly complex
financial system.
Its monetary
policy has no traction because the euro area's weak, undercapitalized and, in many cases, utterly dysfunctional
financial system is incapable of funding businesses and households.
«The FPC [
Financial Policy Committee] judges the UK banking
system could continue to support the real economy through a disorderly Brexit,» the BoE said.
Before incorrectly blaming the Fed and the ECB for their allegedly ineffective monetary
policies, investment strategists would do well to reflect on the depressive impact of an unreasonable haste to balance budgets, and on political leaders» inability to strengthen the
financial systems (in the U.S. and in Europe) and to negotiate a better balanced world economy.
Extraordinary instruments and techniques of monetary
policy used by the Fed have been an appropriate response to an imploding
financial system and the ensuing recession of exceptional severity.
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The housing bubble in the United States, which triggered the
financial crisis in 2008, had highlighted the danger of using the
financial system to make up for the failures in social
policies.
However, we also need to envisage a case where the effects of monetary
policy on
financial stability are not limited to one sector, as in the case we just saw, but spread across many different parts of the
financial system.
In that case, monetary
policy's ability to get in all the cracks of the
financial system — to paraphrase former Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein — would give it a more powerful influence on
financial stability.8
Policymakers should not move fiscal
policy from stimulus to austerity until the
financial system is clearly stable and the economy is enjoying self - sustaining growth.
An example is the United States after the 2007 — 09 crisis: easy monetary
policy cushioned the economy and also helped heal a broken
financial system.
Many central banks, especially during the most acute phases of the crisis, also employed
policies known as «credit easing,» which involves purchases of private sector assets in certain credit markets that are important to the functioning of the
financial system but are temporarily impaired.
To understand the
policy implications of globalization, one has to try to understand both the impact of these constraints and distortions and the interaction of these
policies with the forces of technology and competition that are pushing or pulling economies and
financial systems closer together.
The global
financial crisis, like the Great Crash of 1929, also reflected widespread regulatory shortcomings and other weaknesses in a number of countries.1 But it is likely that monetary
policy played at least a contributing role in encouraging the buildup of leverage and asset prices in a fragile
financial system.
Later, I'll consider how monetary
policy might complement other
policies that work more directly on the
financial system.
My remarks will focus on the following question: Should a central bank's decisions on monetary
policy account for the stability of the
financial system and, if so, how?
Those countries with less - developed institutions and
financial systems, limited
policy credibility, greater foreign currency debt and / or more precarious economic situations are certainly more exposed than others to external shocks.
Of course, fiscal
policy also has its limits, since an excessive buildup of public debt can create its own problems for both the economy and the
financial system.
«I expect that the evolution of the
financial system in response to global economic forces, technology, and, yes, regulation will result sooner or later in the all - too - familiar risks of excessive optimism, leverage, and maturity transformation reemerging in new ways that require
policy responses.»
It is responsible for monetary
policy, decisions aimed at promoting a sound and stable
financial system, and the strategic direction of the Bank.
In particular, a variety of attributes make Canada an attractive investment destination, including our sound public finances, resilient
financial system, and credible monetary
policy.
As a member of the Bank's Governing Council, she shares responsibility for decisions with respect to monetary
policy and
financial system stability, and for setting the strategic direction of the Bank.
Where risks pose a threat to the
financial system, the Review explains the issue and the
policy response.
Tiff is a well - known expert in monetary and
financial systems and has contributed articles to academic journals, as well as providing chapters and commentaries on monetary and
financial sector
policy and international economics in books and conference proceedings.
As I've already noted, Fed
policies have significant effects internationally, given the central place of U.S. markets in the global
financial system and the dollar's status as the leading global reserve currency.
As you know, the New York Fed plays a special role within the Federal Reserve
System in the implementation of monetary and exchange rate
policies largely by dint of its unique location in the
financial capital of the United States, if not the world.
This resulted in monetary
policy working more broadly through the
financial system, rather than being focused only on banks, making it more effective and also less distorting.
This area covers
policies and regulations, such as prudential or consumer regulations, as well as technology and other competitive pressures affecting the
financial services industry,
financial markets and the
financial system as a whole, and their ability to effectively perform their core economic functions.
This group meets twice a decade to study ways to improve the nation's multifaceted
financial system, and has historically galvanized the nation's
financial institutions into action, playing a leading role in China's domestic and foreign fiscal
policies.
These are the types of
policies that are being developed to minimize the risks posed to the global
financial system by banks which are too big to fail.
I am proud that he was a Harvard undergraduate during my time on the faculty at Harvard and I think that the Bank of England is fortunate to have someone with his degree of experience in public
policy and also experience as a participant directly in
financial markets, at the helm at what will be a challenging time for the city of London and England and the global
financial system.
The Federal Reserve is targeting stock prices with it's monetary
policy because, if it did not, the
financial system would collapse led by collapsing pension funds and the housing market.
Finally, as a recent report from the Committee on the Global
Financial System (CGFS) describes in detail, central bank monetary
policies have a clear impact on the volume of repo.
Ms. Kudva is a member of several
policy - level committees relating to the Indian
financial system, including committees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Reserve Bank of India.
His published research has focused on exchange rate and monetary theory and
policy in open economies, the international monetary
system and
financial stability.
As long as this behavioral condition remained in place, the international
financial system operated fairly smoothly under checks and balances, albeit under «stop - go»
policies when business expansions led to trade and payments deficits.
The
financial system is to become monopolized and trustified, reversing two centuries of economic
policy to prevent
financial dominance of the economy.
This involved assessing vulnerabilities affecting the global
financial system and proposing actions to address them, promoting implementation of
financial sector regulation and
policies and monitoring implementation of the agreed reforms.
But, once the model was in place, he and his team began approaching
financial institutions and digitising their credit
policies, while also integrating with their (FIs)
systems.
And while I have not been involved in the Bank's
Financial Stability area before, I was part of the
Financial System Group when it was established in 1998 — sitting in its sister department Payments
Policy.
The perception remains that gold is not needed to mitigate risk because investors believe central bank
policies can manage the economy and overcome
financial system problems if they arise.
Changes in monetary
policy mean a change in the operating target for the cash rate, and hence a shift in the interest rate structure prevailing in the
financial system.
Specifically, the proposed wording gives the Bank the power to purchase any securities or «other instrument «it likes «for the purposes of conducting monetary
policy or promoting the stability of the Canadian
financial system.»
NAHB looks forward to working with Secretary Mnuchin and his team to promote tax
policies,
financial regulations and a housing finance
system that will strengthen the American economy and keep the residential construction industry moving in the right direction.»
Though China has made strides in opening its equity and bond markets to foreign investors, American banks and securities firms have complained for decades that China's ownership - cap
policy marginalized them in one of the fastest - growing
financial systems on the planet.
First, it is critical for regulators to complete their efforts at implementing a macroprudential approach to enhance resilience within the
financial system, which will minimize the likelihood that monetary
policy will need to focus on
financial stability issues rather than on price stability and full employment.