[📖New policy brief alert] We've just released a new policy brief examining the root causes of household #overindebtedness 👇 1/4
finance-watch.org/publication/ro… So what's #overindebtedness?🤔

It's when a person 1⃣ doesn't have the income/resources on hand 2⃣ to meet their financial commitments 3⃣ over a sustained period of time, unless 4⃣ the standard of living is reduced below a reasonable level 2/4

[📊Report] The 60 largest banks are exposed to $1.35tn in fossil fuel assets whose value will drop in the transition to #netzero.
If we treated them as 'higher risk' under #Basel3, the banks' capital increase would take 3-5 months of retained profits without reducing lending
1/9 Using the annual reports of 60 of the world biggest banks, we have estimated their exposures to fossil fuel assets - indisputably #StrandedAssets. We found levels similar to the 2008 banks exposures to #subprime mortgages. The threat of a #fossilsubprimes crisis is a reality
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Our financial stability discussants on #BankingUnion, the #CMU & systemic impacts of #Fintech are B. Martenczuk (@EBFeu), D. Laboureix (@EU_SRB), M. Hellwig (@maxplanckpress), F. Demarigny (Next CMU HLEG) and C. Stiefmüller (@forfinancewatch) #FWconference2019 @EBFeu @EU_SRB @maxplanckpress @MacroPru "If we think about capital requirements in #Basel3, big banks are back where they were in the late 90s and still using internal models for risk weighting etc. which leaves banks very vulnerable" Martin Hellwig in its #FWconference2019 keynote