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BIS Quarterly Review, December 2008

8 December 2008

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International banking and financial market developments

1. Overview: global financial crisis spurs unprecedented policy actions
 

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includes boxes: Three market implications of the Lehman bankruptcy, Government-led bank rescue initiatives, Central bank measures to alleviate foreign currency funding shortages and Central bank balance sheets

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Highlights of international banking and financial market activity

 

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includes box: Voluntary terminations of credit default swap contracts

 

Special features

    Developments in repo markets during the financial turmoil
by Peter Hördahl and Michael R King
 

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    Commodity prices and inflation dynamics
by Stephen G Cecchetti and Richhild Moessner
 

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   Bank health and lending to emerging markets
by Patrick McGuire and Nikola Tarashev
 

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    How many in negative equity? The role of mortgage contract characteristics
by Luci Ellis
 

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