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Where do we stand in the Crisis?

Where do we stand in the Crisis? . Triton, March 2010 Beatrice Weder di Mauro. In sync …. Germany : . Bundesbank: in % der betriebsüblichen Vollauslastung. The decade after …. Source: IMF 2009, Actual output (Log) and precrisis trend. Potential ….

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Where do we stand in the Crisis?

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  1. Where do we stand in the Crisis? Triton, March 2010 Beatrice Weder di Mauro

  2. In sync …

  3. Germany : Bundesbank: in % der betriebsüblichen Vollauslastung

  4. The decade after … Source: IMF 2009, Actual output (Log) and precrisis trend

  5. Potential … Source: IMF 2009, Actual output (Log) and precrisis trend

  6. More than 40 per centof global GDP nowresides in jurisdictions (overwhelmingly in theadvancedeconomies) runningfiscaldeficitsof 10 per centof GDP ormore. Formuchofthepast 30 years, thisfluctuated in the 0-5 per centrangeand was dominatedbyemergingeconomies. W. Buiter

  7. To Do Exit support Fiscal and monetary accomodation Financial and real sector support Reform systems Global financial architecture European fiscal architecture

  8. Financial sector

  9. Loosingpatiencewithreform? • Taxes on the financial sector are becoming popular: • Transaction taxes (G20) • Ex post tax on bonuses (UK) • Ex post tax on certain liabilities (US) • No solution to the „Too-systemic-to-fail problem“

  10. Financial sectorreform Systemic relevance – a negative externality Criteria for effective tools: • reduce private incentives to create systemic risk • reduce public sector incentives to forbearance • easy enforcement, hard to manipulate Kinds of tools: • quantities: systemic surcharge on capital requirements • prices: taxes or fees

  11. Proposalfor a systemicrisklevyand a systemicriskfund Systemic risk levy : tax rate depends on the contribution to systemic risk Perimeter: all financial institutions Systemic risk fund: finance a special resolution regime Institutional setup: Europe: ESRB

  12. PercentageofEuroareamember countries thatdid not fulfilltheentrycriteria in a certainyear Darvas (2009): The Baltic Challenge and Euro-Area Entry. Bruegel Policy Contribution

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