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Figure 6-22<br />

International Financial Regulation:<br />

Implementation of G20 Financial Regulatory Reforms<br />

Number of Countries Where Reform Implemented<br />

28<br />

24 24<br />

24<br />

22<br />

19<br />

20<br />

16<br />

14<br />

11<br />

12<br />

6 7<br />

8<br />

4<br />

0<br />

Note: LCR stands for liquidity coverage ratio. SIBs refers to requirements made by each country on<br />

domestic systemically important banks. MMF refers to money market fund reforms. MMF and<br />

securitization reform both fall under reform to the shadow banking system.<br />

Source: Financial Stability Board 2016.<br />

The United States has made substantial progress in implementing the<br />

priority reforms identified by the FSB. The United States has fully implemented<br />

reforms in nearly all of the priority areas and is making progress in<br />

others. Many major advanced economies with large financial systems that<br />

are highly interconnected with the U.S. financial system —in particular the<br />

United Kingdom and the euro area —are also making substantial progress.<br />

U.S. Financial Markets in 2016<br />

Seven years after the end of the financial crisis, the purpose of financial<br />

reform remains the same: to reduce as much as possible the likelihood<br />

of another financial crisis and the incalculable costs that it would inflict on<br />

the economy, the financial markets, and society. The recovering economy<br />

and implementation of financial reform have been accompanied by strong<br />

performance of a wide variety of financial market indicators. Not only have<br />

financial markets recovered from the losses suffered during the crisis, but<br />

banks are healthier and stronger, regulators are on the lookout for systemic<br />

risk, once-opaque derivative markets are safer and more transparent, credit<br />

ratings agencies are subject to more effective oversight and increased transparency,<br />

and investor protections have been strengthened.<br />

A variety of measures show the renewed health of the financial<br />

markets. Equity prices and housing prices have rebounded, rebuilding<br />

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