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The Financial Stability Review selected the issue of Derivatives, Financial Innovation and Financial Stability in the wake of the Pittsburgh roadmap decided at the September 2009 G20 summit.

Analysis and Speeches by the Bank's Authorities

"G20 Roadmap: How Finance Can Help Rebalance the World Economy"
Introduction by Mr Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France, PARIS EUROPLACE FINANCIAL FORUM, Paris, July 6 & 7, 2010

8th Journées of the Fondation Banque de France : "Macroeconomic policies in a crisis period"
Remarks by Mr Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France

"Sovereign crisis, risk contagion and the response of the central bank"
Speech by Christian Noyer, Governor of the Bank of France, GIC Conferences, Paris, June 17, 2010.

"An International Financial Architecture for the 21st Century: some thoughts"
Jean-Pierre Landau. Remarks at the 17th Central Banking Seminar of the Bank of Korea; Seoul,October 2, 2009 (this text is a revised version: June 1st, 2010)

Financial Crisis

Documents and Debates No 3
“Financial crisis Economic crisis”

– Complexity and the financial crisis: Speech by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor

– Bubbles and macroprudential supervision: Remarks by Jean-Pierre Landau

– Procyclicality: what it means and what could be done: Speech by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor

– List of documents

Prudential Supervision Authority

Stress Tests:

At the request of the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), 91 major European banks were subjected to stress tests to assess their resilience to a large adverse shock. This exercise was conducted by the CEBS on the basis of a benchmark scenario drawn up by the ECB.

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CEBS Stress Test : Overview of approach and main results

Seminars and Symposiums

"Economic Linkages, Spillovers and the Financial Crisis", Paris 28 and 29 January 2010

The Banque de France Chair of the Paris School of Economics and the International Monetary Fund are organizing a conference on “Economic Linkages, Spillovers and the Financial Crisis”, which will be held in Paris on the 28th and 29th of January 2010.

The conference will bring together leading academics and policy makers working on current global policy issues, including global imbalances, international trade, international business cycles, financial bubbles, and relevant aspects of the financial crisis. The conference will be concluded by a policy panel, which will be open to the press.