As big financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers fell into distress in 2008, a credit contagion spread through the financial industry, creating a credit drought for the economy as lenders ...

Finance - A material prepared by Alexandru Petrescu, the President of the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF), together with ASF specialists Marius Acatrinei and ...

First, Silicon Valley Bank failed. Then, Signature Bank failed. Now, in Europe, Credit Suisse is teetering. On Tuesday, the Swiss bank reported it had found “material weaknesses” in its past financial ...

Financial markets around the world continue to shudder in response to the collapse and government bailout of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the near-collapse and cooperative bailout of First Republic Bank ...

While some people view bank runs as rational acts, others find them perplexing. In the latter view, equity investors often appear to sell simply because others are selling, rather than for a more ...

Many expect the Fed to begin rate cuts in 2024 after two years of continued constricting rate hikes and pauses. As the Federal Reserve grapples with the delicate balance of managing interest rates ...

Risks have shifted from financial to economic contagion, Mohamed El-Erian said. The lending crunch caused by the bank crisis will drag on, the top economist told Bloomberg TV. "This will play out ...

Signs of financial stress at a large asset manager in China are making investors nervous about contagion from the country’s slumping property sector, rekindling a debate over whether a “Lehman moment” ...

Bocconi University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. This year’s Nobel prize in economics, known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, has gone to Douglas Diamond, ...