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Has the search for efficiency made the financial world less safe?
William R WhiteWilliam R WhiteHead, Monetary and Economic DepartmentBank for International Settlements, Basel
Presentation* at the UBS symposium “Finanzmärkte: Effizienz und Sicherheit”Zurich, 30 May 2007
* Views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the BIS 1
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Overview
� The search for efficiency
� So far so good
� Financial headwinds
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� Financial headwinds
� Possible effects of tighter monetary policy
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The search for efficiency
� In the real economy
� In financial markets
� In the conduct of monetary policy
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� In the conduct of monetary policy
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Efficiency in the real economy
� Deregulation in industrial economies
� Productivity and IT
� Transition economies and globalisation
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� Transition economies and globalisation
� A disinflationary bias?
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Efficiency in financial markets
� Deregulation and technology
� Risk decomposition and risk management
� New products and new players
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� New products and new players
� Cheaper and better services
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Efficiency in the conduct of monetary policy
� More focus on near-term price stability
� More reliance on market processes
� More attention to communication
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� More attention to communication
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So far so good
� Lower and less volatile inflation
� Higher and less volatile growth
� More resilience to shocks
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� More resilience to shocks
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But could financial “headwinds” be a problem?
� Evidence from the past
� Evidence from the present
� Speculation about the future
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� Speculation about the future
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Financial headwinds: evidence from the past
� Low real interest rates and the Wicksellian natural rate
� Rapid credit growth
� Diverge between stock prices and underlying profits
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� Diverge between stock prices and underlying profits
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Financial headwinds: evidence from the present
� Over extended consumer and household balance sheets
� Large external imbalances
� Lessons from Japan
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� Lessons from Japan
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Financial headwinds: more evidence from the present ?
� Low long rates
� Low corporate spreads
� Low sovereign spreads
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� Low sovereign spreads
� Low volatility
� High real estate prices
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Financial headwinds: speculation about the future?
� Net private savings
� Credit cycles and financial stress
� Possible effects of higher policy rates
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� Possible effects of higher policy rates
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Possible effects of higher policy rates
� On financial institutions
� On financial markets
� On rates of foreign exchange
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� On rates of foreign exchange
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With the US dollar of particular concern?
� Growing international indebtedness
� No signs of a current account turnaround
� Challenge to shift from non-tradeables to tradeables
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� Challenge to shift from non-tradeables to tradeables
� And "patience" is running out
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Conclusion
� Resilience to date
� Many signs of “imbalances“
� But the future need not resemble the past
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� But the future need not resemble the past