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Statistical annex
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International banking and financial market developments
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Highlights of international banking and financial market activity
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Special features
includes box: Provisioning and financial system procyclicality
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Overview: continued record low rates spur markets
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Analysing bank lending data in China (also available in French, German, Italian and Spanish) and
The size of the global CDS market – BIS and DTCC data
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Macro stress tests and crises: what can we learn?
by Rodrigo Alfaro and Mathias Drehmann
Abstract
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Monetary policy and the risk-taking channel
by Leonardo Gambacorta
Abstract
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Government size and macroeconomic stability
by M S Mohanty and Fabrizio Zampolli
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Issues and developments in loan loss provisioning: the case of Asia
by Sarawan Angklomkliew, Jason George and Frank Packer
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Dollar appreciation in 2008: safe haven, carry trades, dollar shortage and overhedging
by Patrick McGuire and Robert McCauley
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