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Participants in the Bank of Russia’s Financial Congress discussed whether the risks to financial stability had increased over the past year and to what extent banks were prepared to meet new challenges.
The slowdown in the Russian economy has provoked concerns about an immediate threat of a succession of defaults and a coming banking crisis. Participants in the Financial Congress discussed whether these gloomy expectations were justified.
Global regulators are facing a dilemma: the objectives of monetary policy contradict the objectives of supporting financial stability. Useful conclusions for Bank of Russia policy can be drawn from this situation.
The global economy is at a turning point, and many aspects of the current global transformation are more crucial for the Russian economy than they are for other countries.
Transition to a low-carbon economy remains a priority for major countries including China despite the rises in commodity prices and the highest global inflation. For Russia, as its economy refocuses on Asian markets, the importance of the green transition still holds.
As cryptocurrencies and other digital financial assets gain popularity, regulators are increasingly alarmed about the potential risks to financial stability they bring. Additional steps are needed to ensure that money surrogates are not used for payments.
Direct quantitative restrictions, or macroprudential limits, are a limitation of the share of high-risk loans in new lending by banks. These measures help to prevent the accumulation of borrower risks and thereby reduce the risks of the financial sector.
Climate risks, renewable power, and carbon neutrality are all on the agenda of country leaders and business executives all over the world. Measures taken will have a direct impact on Russia.
