La récente crise économique et fi nancière appelle non pas une modification de la stratégie de politique monétaire, mais une meilleure prise en compte des conditions financières et du risque de crise fi nancière dans la mise en oeuvre de cette stratégie : telle semble être la principale...

The recent economic and financial crisis does not call for a change in monetary policy strategy, but rather better integration of financial conditions and financial-crisis risks in the implementation of this strategy: this appears to be the main conclusion of a conference organised by the Banque...

We assess the long-term economic impact of the new regulatory standards (the Basel III reform), answering the following questions. (1) What is the impact of the reform on long-term economic performance? (2) What is the impact of the reform on economic fluctuations? (3) What is the impact of the...

L’objet de cet article est de présenter les principales conclusions du panel, organisé lors des VIIIe « Journées » de la Fondation Banque de France pour la recherche en économie monétaire, bancaire et financière le 21 juin 2010, sur le thème des stratégies de politique monétaire...

The aim of this article is not to provide a comprehensive overview of the financial crisis that began a year ago. This has already been done quite extensively and in a neat way, in particular by Borio (2008), Brunnermeier (2008), Crouhy et al. (2008) and Calomiris (2008) among others, who all...

The catalyst of the current financial turmoil has been the losses on the subprime mortgage market. However, the low quality of these partly collateralised housing loans was known for a while and the default on subprime mortgages largely expected. Therefore, how to account for the fact that an...

Monetary union can benefit countries suffering from policy credibility problems if it eliminates the inflation bias and also allows for more efficient management of certain shocks. But it also carries costs as some stabilization may be feasible even in the absence of credibility, and this may be...