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International bodies
In addition to the Financial Stability Committee at the national level, there are two central international bodies that monitor financial stability from different perspectives.
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Strategy and rules of procedure
The strategy sets out how the Financial Stability Committee defines its goal of financial stability, how it intends to achieve it and what options it has for taking action. It also sets out the standards and guidelines according to which the Financial Stability Committee fulfils the responsibilities assigned to it by law.
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Monitoring
The Financial Stability Committee discusses and assesses threats to financial stability in Germany based on analyses performed by the Bundesbank. In addition, its work is based to a large extent on findings of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) taken from its supervisory activities in the banking, insurance and securities sectors.
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About the FSC
The Financial Stability Committee (Ausschuss für Finanzstabilität) is the central body for macroprudential supervision in Germany. The purpose of macroprudential supervision is to limit systemic risks and strengthen the resilience of the financial system in a preventive manner. Macroprudential means looking at the stability of the financial system as a whole. To this end, the Financial Stability …
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Responsibilities of the Financial Stability Committee
The Financial Stability Committee regularly analyses and assesses risks to financial stability. On the basis of its risk assessment, it considers whether, and in what form, macroprudential action is required. The structure of the Financial Stability Committee ensures that the participating authorities exchange relevant information among themselves on an ongoing basis and collaborate in a …
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Actions: warnings and recommendations
The Financial Stability Committee can issue warnings and recommendations to counter systemic risks and strengthen the resilience of the financial system. The warnings and recommendations can be addressed to the German government, BaFin or other public bodies in Germany. The Financial Stability Committee uses these tools to shape macroprudential policy in a forward-looking, preventive manner and …
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Macroprudential supervision in other countries
EU member states have established national macroprudential authorities on the basis of CRD IV and the recommendation of the ESRB. The ESRB website provides an overview of the macroprudential authorities of our European neighbours. In addition, the ESRB website provides a summary of macroprudential policies at the national level.
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Macroprudential supervision
The purpose of macroprudential supervision is to limit systemic risks and strengthen the resilience of the financial system. It is preventative in nature, monitoring key developments in all sectors of the financial system that could pose potential threats to financial stability in Germany.