Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/86805 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 10-104/2/DSF 2
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
A macro-prudential policy maker can manage risks to financial stability only if currentand future risks can be reliably assessed. We propose a novel framework to assessfinancial system risk. Using a dynamic factor framework based on state-space methods, we model latent macro-financial and credit risk components for a large data setcomprising the U.S., the EU-27 area, and the rest of the world. Controlling for global,region-specific, and industry effects, we construct coincident measures ('thermometers')and forward looking indicators of financial distress and the likelihood of financial melt-down. We find that credit risk conditions can significantly and persistently de-couplefrom macro-financial fundamentals. Such decoupling can serve as an early warningsignal for macro-prudential policy.
Subjects: 
financial crisis
systemic risk
credit portfolio models
frailty-correlated defaults
state space methods
JEL: 
G21
C33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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