IMF says supervisors need to be mindful of geopolitical risks

Shock events cause sizeable swings in asset pricing, institution’s latest report highlights

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Policy-makers should factor in country-specific geopolitical risks in their supervision of financial institutions, the latest report from the International Monetary Fund says.

On April 14, the institution, published the second chapter of its semi-annual Global Financial Stability Report, which focuses on how geopolitical events affect asset pricing.

The report says that although prices on average react “modestly” to geopolitical events, the reaction “varies significantly” across different types of

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