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Global Financial Stability Report

The IMF's semiannual assessment of risks to the global financial system and markets.

Known aliases

  • GFSR

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leadershipConfirmed2 publishers

IMF says weaker AI investment and profits could trigger a market correction

IMF's Global Financial Stability Report names an AI market correction and severe cyber incidents as plausible near-term triggers of turmoil. The correction risk rests on AI investment and profits disappointing, an assumption a company can test against its own plans.

Perspective Coverage

3 publishers
Builder
Builder 13%
Operator
Operator 30%
Investor
Investor 57%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Insufficient
Confidence68
investOne report1 publisher

IMF's Vamvakidis wants Korea's chip-boom tax windfall held back for the next downturn

IMF deputy director Athanasios Vamvakidis says Korea should save its chip-boom tax windfall because rising bond yields are lifting government interest costs. The October GFSR puts about $950 billion of equity and debt behind 13 circular AI deals, a loop its analysis says could cut funding and revenue together.

Publishers:en.sedaily.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap−10
Incentives
Insufficient
Confidence60
investConfirmed4 publishers

IMF puts tokenized repo at $300 billion to $350 billion a day

Tokenized repurchase agreements average $300 billion to $350 billion a day, the IMF said in its October 8 Global Financial Stability Report. Against the $13 trillion a day some analyses cite for US repo, that comes to 2 to 3 percent of the flow, on venues the fund calls fragmented and short of legal clarity.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 25%
Operator
Operator 34%
Investor
Investor 41%

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption30
Hype gap+10
Incentives40
Confidence62