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.
巴黎——
全球经济危机已经造成许多不良影响——工人失业,房产缩水,企业破产致使退休金无从领取——其中遭受最严重打击的是发展中国家,尤其是非洲国家。得来不易的发展成果受到威胁,数百万人可能重返赤贫。除了对人民生活的威胁,严峻的经济、政治和社会局势还可能使得发展中国家政权难于应对甚至濒于倾覆,进而引发史无前例的大规模冲突。
尤其令人沮丧的是,当前持续恶化的经济形势阻隔了刚刚看到的一丝进步的曙光。此前医疗保健方面进步尤其明显:自2000年以来,艾滋病患者死亡率已经下降,对疟疾和麻疹等造成儿童死亡之疾病的处置更为有效,全民小学教育正缓慢推进,安全饮用水也有望普及。
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