When a bank fails in the United States, questions about who is to blame are often directed at many different regulatory agencies, because the system is complex and hard for outsiders to understand. In the wake of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the case for an overhaul could not be stronger.
laments that the post-2008 Dodd-Frank reforms left in place a framework riddled with structural shortcomings.
The failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are significant market events. But, given an overheated labor market and 1970s-like inflation, if the Fed cannot see the whites of the eyes of a systemic banking crisis, then it must move aggressively on the inflation front.
urges the US central bank to continue raising interest rates, despite signs of financial-sector fragility.
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眼下,黎巴嫩正准备起诉真主党特工谋杀前总理拉菲克·哈里里(Rafik Hariri)。与此同时,该国而经济形势不容乐观。2009年3月的IMF任务报告将矛头指向该国长达30年的政治动荡,指出“在未来相当长时间内黎巴嫩都经不起折腾”。IMF对黎政府的反危机行动计划表示肯定,但对其是否能够完全执行持保留态度。
2009年下半年,萨阿德·哈里里(Saad Hariri,拉菲克·哈里里之子)政府呈现出气象一新的局面,令IMF感叹其“为生机勃勃的经济改革带来了新希望。”但计划中的改革成功与否在很大程度上要取决于黎巴嫩主要政治团体——逊尼派和什叶派——是否能够精诚合作。从目前的情况看,形势不容乐观。
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