Building on Incomplete Foundations: Financial Stability Policy since the Crash

Richard Barwell

National Institute Economic Review, 2017, vol. 241, issue 1, R33-R47

Abstract: Economists understand that a fit for purpose policy regime requires a reliable general equilibrium model of the system in question and a well specified description of the objectives that the policymaker is trying to pursue. The current financial stability regime has neither and without these critical foundations the regime is fundamentally fragile and incomplete. There is no anchor on the conduct of policy, an absence in genuine accountability and, as a result, reputational risks for policy institutions.

Keywords: financial stability; financial crises; macroprudential policy; loss function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E58 E61 G18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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