José Viñals is Financial Counsellor and Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department. He was previously Deputy Governor at the Bank of Spain and served on a range of advisory and policy committees at the central bank and within the European Union, including as Chairman of the European Central Bank’s International Relations Committee. He has published widely on macroeconomics, monetary policy, and financial issues.

Recent Blog Posts by Jose Vinals

• Banking on Reform: Can Volcker, Vickers and Liikanen Resolve the Too-Important-to-Fail Conundrum? May 15th, 2013
• Risks to Financial Stability Increase, Bold Action Needed July 17th, 2012
• Global Financial Stability: What’s Still to Be Done? April 19th, 2012
• ‘Macro…, What?!’ The New Buzz on Financial Stability March 23rd, 2012
• How to Exit the Danger Zone: IMF Update on Global Financial Stability January 31st, 2012
• The Danger Zone: Financial Stability Risks Soar September 21st, 2011
• Tough Political Decisions Needed to Fix the Financial System June 20th, 2011
• Avoiding Another Year of Living Dangerously: Time to Secure Financial Stability April 15th, 2011
• Macroprudential Policy—Filling the Black Hole April 11th, 2011
• Government Bonds: No Longer a World Without Risk March 24th, 2011
• Time Waits for No Man: How to Secure Financial Stability in 2011 January 25th, 2011
• Financial System Fragilities – Achilles’ Heel of Economic Recovery October 5th, 2010
• Just Do It—Shaping the New Financial System October 4th, 2010
• A Marriage Made in Heaven or Hell: Monetary and Financial Stability July 20th, 2010
• Financial Reform: What Must Be Done July 5th, 2010
• It’s Hip to Be Square—Why Good Financial Sector Supervision Is Important May 27th, 2010
• IMF Sees Financial Risks Still Elevated April 21st, 2010
• Too Important to Fail? December 9th, 2009
• Going Beyond the Rules December 2nd, 2009