Subject: Weekly round-up of Financial Stability articles

FINANCIAL STABILITY WEEKLY
TOP STORY
Economics
Nepal has greater stability, but now it needs growth – IMF
Fund’s mission chief says central bank reforms are among measures laying path for future prosperity
21 Aug 2026   |  Official Record
Financial Stability
IMF paper details system-wide stress-testing methods
Economists propose adding data on bank-NBFI links and details of market microstructure
21 Aug 2026   |  Research
Financial Stability
Europe’s stability at risk if AI bubble bursts – ECB blog
Correction could freeze functioning of continent’s financial markets, say central bank economists
18 Aug 2026   |  Research
Financial Stability
UK has a new prime minister, but the same fiscal woes
Debt, spending and bond markets present challenges for Burnham and BoE, say former MPC members
17 Aug 2026   |  News
Financial Stability
Libyan governor sets out conditions for withdrawing resignation
Issa reportedly wants faster implementation of budget, trade reforms and halt to wage rises
17 Aug 2026   |  Official Record
Financial Stability
Brazil’s central bank shuts down two lenders
Move comes amid broader clean-up of country’s weakest financial institutions
17 Aug 2026   |  Official Record
Financial Stability
SNB welcomes ‘too big to fail’ reforms
Switzerland moves to close Credit Suisse-era gaps with new banking regulations
14 Aug 2026   |  News
Central Banks
Argentina eases bank dollar lending to companies
Authorities roll back post-2001 guardrails in effort to boost credit and economic growth
14 Aug 2026   |  News
FMI
CFTC uses emergency powers to overturn prediction market ban
Temporary US-wide ban would make financial instruments “waste away”, chairman says
13 Aug 2026   |  News
Financial Stability
Study compares private credit and leveraged loan market structure
Some firms better able to substitute between funding types than others, authors find
12 Aug 2026   |  Research

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