In 2009, demand in the world's major economies fell, relative to its pre-crisis trend, by around US$2.5 trillion or 5% of GDP. The financial crisis damaged virtually every country. Global imbalances helped to fuel the financial crisis. And today they threaten the sustainability of the recovery...

The 17th BIS Annual Conference took place in Zurich, Switzerland, on 22 June 2018. The event brought together a distinguished group of central bank Governors, leading academics and former public officials to exchange views on the topic "Ten years after the Great Financial Crisis: what has...