BBC warns a new financial crisis may be coming
financeApr 29, 202611148
The BBC warns a new financial crisis could arise, flagging private credit growth to about $2.5 trillion, rollback of post-2008 reforms, and an expanding unregulated shadow banking sector. The report points to reduced bank capital requirements, resumed risky lending, rising energy prices and an AI-driven investment boom as factors that raise leverage, opacity and interconnections across the financial system. With central banks having less policy space to respond, the BBC warns those combined risks could trigger sudden losses for banks, pension funds and companies, push up borrowing costs, and deepen a global recession.
