The Coronavirus and financial stability

Bericht

The spreading of the Covid-19 virus causes a reduction in economic activity worldwide and may lead to new risks to financial stability. The authors draw attention to the urgency of the targeted mitigation strategies on the European level and suggest taking coordinated action on the fiscal side to provide liquidity to affected firms in the corporate sector. Otherwise, virus-related cashflow interruptions could lead to a new full-blown banking crisis. Monetary policy measures are unlikely to mitigate cash liquidity shortages at the level of individual firms. Coordinated action at European level is decisive to prevent markets from losing confidence in the resilience of banks, particularly in countries with limited fiscal capacity. In contrast to the euro crisis of 2011, the cause of the current crisis does not lie in the financial markets; therefore, the risk of moral hazard for banks or states is low.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SAFE Policy Letter ; No. 78

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: coronavirus ; financial stability ; banking ; strategies

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Boot, Arnoud W. A. ; Carletti, Elena ; Haselmann, Rainer ; Kotz, Hans-Helmut ; Krahnen, Jan Pieter ; Pelizzon, Loriana ; Schaefer, Stephen M. ; Subrahmanyam, Marti G.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE
• (where): Frankfurt a. M.
• (when): 2020

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/214882
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET