Governments will face challenges in balancing the need to tighten up oversight of the financial sector at a time when the global economy is slowing.
The IMF's semi-annual Global Financial Stability Report found vulnerabilities are on the rise across advanced and emerging market economies.
While the concerns"aren't all setting off alarm bells just yet," governments will face challenges in balancing the need to tighten up oversight of the financial sector, at a time when the global economy is slowing, said Tobias Adrian, head of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department. "In the United States, the ratio of corporate debt to GDP is at record-high levels. In several European countries, banks are overloaded with government bonds," Adrian said.
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