FRP 2020/1218 - Sign. - Pandemic increases risks to financial stability
Aflevering 6, gepubliceerd op 03-09-2020 On 26 May 2020 the ECB announced that, despite the immense social and economic disruption in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, decisive policy responses have helped to prevent a seizing-up of the financial system. However, even as infection rates fall in many countries, the impact on the economy and markets has unearthed and increased existing vulnerabilities for euro area financial stability, according to the May 2020 Financial Stability Review of the ECB. Financial stability risks could arise as these vulnerabilities, identified in earlier issues, interact with the pandemic. These include richly valued asset prices, fragile investment funds, the sustainability of sovereign and corporate debt, and weak bank profitability.