Global Financial Stability Report, October 2008: Financial Stress and Deleveraging Macrofi nancial Implications and Policy (World Economic and Financial Surveys)

The Global Financial Stability Report identifies potential fault lines in the global financial system that could lead to crisis, while providing comprehensive coverage of mature and emerging financial markets. The GFSR focuses on current conditions in global financial markets, highlighting issues that could pose risks to financial market stability and market access by emerging market borrowers. The October 2008 GFSR reflects information available up to September 15, 2008.