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Abstract
Financial stability is key to inclusive and sustained growth. Financial crises frequently result in large output and wealth losses, and they tend to affect people in middle- and lower-middle classes harder than the wealthy, sapping broad-based economic growth. Without remedies against the often severe consequences of financial crises, prevention is better than cures that deal with their impact after the event. To mitigate the financial stability risks that emanate from financial institutions, countries have traditionally relied on prudential regulations and more recently on risk-based supervision to buffer financial shocks. However, risks to systemic stability can also stem from real sector shocks. As seen during the global financial crisis of 2008, cross-border and cross-sector spillovers can intensify both.
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