Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/27479 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
Economics Discussion Papers No. 2008-43
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
This study identifies five distinctive stages of the current global financial crisis: the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market; spillovers into broader credit market; the liquidity crisis epitomized by the fallout of Northern Rock, Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers with counterparty risk effects on other financial institutions; the commodity price bubble, and the ultimate demise of investment banking in the U.S. The study argues that the severity of the crisis is influenced strongly by changeable allocations of global savings coupled with excessive credit creation, which lead to over-pricing of varied types of assets. The study calls such process a 'wandering asset-price bubble'. Unstable allocations elevate market, credit and liquidity risks. Monetary policy responses aimed at stabilizing financial markets are proposed.
Subjects: 
Subprime mortgage crisis
credit crisis
liquidity crisis
market risk
credit risk
default risk
counterparty risk
Basel II
JEL: 
G24
G12
G15
G21
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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