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Two major international institutions, the International Monetary Fund and the Bank for International Settlements, track financial stability across the globe. For nearly a decade, the IMF has published the Global Financial Stability Report – an assessment of worldwide financial trends and market developments. It provides important insights on market dynamics in crisis and non-crisis periods and on the implications of new instruments for financial stability.

The Bank for International Settlements produces valuable quarterly reports on global financial markets and capital flows. The Quarterly Review offers a candid assessment of risks arising in the capital markets themselves. BIS Statistics offers valuable information on cross-border capital flows from banks, capital markets, and derivatives.

International Monetary Fund

Global Financial Stability Report, October 2010. This report explores the challenges facing advanced countries; policies to address banking sector and sovereign balance sheet risk; systemic liquidity risk; and credit ratings.
GFSR Market Update: January 2011. “Financial System Stabilized, but Exit, Reform and Fiscal Challenges Lie Ahead”.
Global Financial Stability Report, April 2010. This report explores “exit strategies” from large public interventions in markets. See chapter of on restarting “securitization” markets.
Global Financial Stability Report, April 2009. See, in particular, Chapter 2 on “spill-over” risks between markets, and Chapter 3 on systemic risk indicators.

(Next full GFSR report scheduled for April 2011.)

Bank for International Settlements

BIS International Banking Statistics, March 2011. This quarterly report contains detailed statistics on international bank lending through September 2010.
BIS Quarterly Review, March 2011. “International Banking and Financial Market Developments.”
BIS Statistics, January 2011. This quarterly report contains statistics on international bank lending, securities issuance, derivatives, loan syndication, and equity issuance through Q3:2010. It is a valuable source for tracking large swings in capital flows across borders.
BIS Statistics, January 2010. This quarterly report contains statistics on international bank lending, securities issuance, derivatives, loan syndication, and equity issuance through Q3:2009. It is a valuable source for tracking large swings in capital flows across borders.
BIS International Banking Statistics, December 2009. This quarterly report contains detailed statistics on international bank lending through June 2009.
BIS Quarterly Review, December 2009. “International Banking and Financial Market Developments.”