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The world’s most powerful financial watchdog has warned of “further challenges and shocks” in the months ahead, as high interest rates undermine economic recoveries and threaten key sectors including real estate.
In his regular update to G20 leaders ahead of their summit in New Delhi this week, Klaas Knot, chair of the Basel-based Financial Stability Board, said: “The global economic recovery is losing momentum and the effects of the rise in interest rates in major economies are increasingly being felt.”
“There will certainly be further challenges and shocks facing the global financial system in the months and years to come,” he added.
Financial markets have been relatively stable in recent months, a welcome respite after a spate of crises this year that claimed midsized US lenders such as Silicon Valley Bank and Signature and brought about the demise of Europe’s Credit Suisse, which was folded into its Swiss rival UBS.
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