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Explore the causes & impacts of the financial crisis of 2008, from credit expansion to global imbalances, in an insightful analysis by Charlie Bean, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England.
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The Great Moderation, the Great Panic and the Great Contraction Charlie Bean Deputy Governor, Bank of England Barcelona, 25 August 2009
1. International credit expansionFinancial liabilities of household and business(% of GDP) Source: OECD Source: Federal Reserve, Flow of Funds
2. Financial innovation Stock of CDS outstanding Off-balance-sheet issuance Source: Dealogic. Source: Bank for International Settlements. (a) Notional principal of outstanding credit default swaps.
3. Real house prices Source: Bank for International Settlement
4. The Great ModerationOutput and inflation volatility in the G5 Source: ??
5. The Great Moderation and risk perceptionsImplied volatilities from options – standardised to zero mean and unit variance Source: Bloomberg and Bank calculations
6. Overly Loose Monetary Policy?Deviation of policy rates from Taylor rule Source: OECD
7. Global imbalancesCurrent accounts (% of GDP, 5-year rolling average) Source: IMF and national sources
8. Long-term real interest ratesReal 8.5 year government forward rates Source: Bloomberg and Bank calculations
9. Real house prices & current accounts Source: Bank for International Settlements
10. Defaults on US sub-prime mortgagesDefault rate by cohort of origination
12. CDS spreads for major financial institutions Source: Markit. (a) Five-year senior CDS premia.
13. The Great Panic: the flight to qualitySpread between US Treasuries and Eurodollar rates Source: Bloomberg
14. Expected losses get bigger & bigger…Financial sector writedowns on US originated assets
15. The Great Contraction Source: IMF World Economic Outlook
17. International financial network in 2005External assets + external liabilities Source: BIS, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD and Kubelec and Sa (2009)
0 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 18. Total output loss in slowdowns & recessions Medians, % GDP Slowdowns Recessions Preceded by financial stress Not preceded by financial stress Preceded by financial stress Not preceded by financial stress Source: IMF WEO October 2008
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