April 2013 Macro Pulse -- Post- or Pending-Crisis World?

In comments made on April 10 prior to the International Monetary Fund’s spring meeting, Managing Director Christine Lagarde warned the “model of too-big-to-fail (TBTF) [banks] is more dangerous than ever” and that it “ultimately destabilizes the economy. We simply cannot have pre-crisis banking in a post-crisis world” (emphasis added). We agree with the dangers of the TBTF banking model, but suspect Lagarde’s description of a post-crisis world is a bit premature. Instead, we would describe today’s world not as “post crisis” but “pending crisis” in light of the events swirling around the globe. For example….

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