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Regulating Systemic Risk

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Regulating Systemic Risk

DATE: December 2009

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ABSTRACT: The financial crisis of 2008 is a clear example of systemic risk becoming real and affecting financial markets.
Differences in the regulatory environment from country to country appear to explain some but not all of the differences in how the crisis affected different countries.
Financial regulation that considers the international dimensions of financial markets and institutions is both desirable and feasible.
Two specific regulatory proposals to reduce the frequency and severity of financial crises are contingent capital—funds that convert to capital in bad times—and regulation of systemic risk by bank examiners.

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. "Regulating Systemic Risk," Notes from the Vault (December 2009). https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/7163/item/656194, accessed on December 2, 2023.

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