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The financial cycle, the debt trap and secular stagnation

Type
Speech
Subtype
BIS management speech
Date delivered
29 June 2014
Presentation by Claudio Borio, Head of the Monetary and Economic Department, on the occasion of the Bank's Annual General Meeting, Basel, 29 June 2014.

Takeaways 

  • The financial cycle is necessary to understand global economic challenges
  • Coming to grips with the financial cycle calls for more symmetric policies across boom and bust phases 
  • Failing to tame the financial cycle raises material risks
The views expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of the BIS or its member institutions.