As the dust settles on March’s banking sector turmoil, there’s intensifying focus on how credit is being affected by heightened fear. But, with lags in data and established market indicators giving only partial views, are investors getting a clear picture of what’s really happening to financial conditions?
Economists from our Global Economics and Markets teams held a special online briefing on the relaunch of our Financial Conditions Indices. During this 20-minute session, the team will explained what our new measures reveal about the true state of financial conditions in the wake of aggressive monetary tightening and bank turmoil. The team addressed key issues, including:
- How our new FCIs give the clearest picture of global financial conditions;
- How financial conditions have evolved this cycle and in the wake of SVB’s collapse;
- What policymakers will be watching for to gauge how banking strains are affecting the real economy.
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