External balance-sheet structure key in explaining the financial crisis

Bank of England

The structure of external balance sheets is important in explaining the incidence of the financial crisis across advanced economies, according to a new Bank of England financial stability paper.

The role of external balance sheets in the financial crisis by Yaser Al-Saffar, Wolfgang Ridinger and Simon Whitaker finds that high gross external debt, generated by banks and non-banks, was an indicator of subsequent vulnerability.

"Countries that also experienced strong domestic credit growth, in part

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