Macrofinancial imbalances in historical perspective: A global crisis index

Business & Economics

• Global Crisis 88%
• Imbalance 71%
• Historical Perspective 69%
• International Monetary System 50%
• Equity Returns 43%
• Bretton Woods System 27%
• Credit Booms 27%
• Current Account Imbalances 26%
• International Financial System 26%
• External Imbalances 26%
• Macroeconomic Instability 25%
• Rare Events 25%
• Increasing Risk 25%
• Credit Growth 24%
• Financial Instability 22%
• International Financial Markets 22%
• Turning Point 21%
• Sequencing 21%
• Information Use 20%
• Contraction 19%
• Breakdown 18%
• Global Financial Crisis 16%
• Macroeconomics 14%
• Financial Crisis 14%

Mathematics

• Crisis 100%
• Financial Crisis 36%
• Equity 31%
• Macroeconomics 29%
• Financial Markets 13%
• Rare Events 13%
• Sequencing 13%
• Long-run 12%
• Turning Point 12%
• Breakdown 11%
• History 9%
• Contraction 9%
• Evidence 9%
• Relationships 6%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Financial markets 45%
• Information use 43%