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MONETARY ARCHITECTURE

Interactive online tool to visualize monetary transformation in a web of interlocking balance sheets

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Case studies

Explore real-world examples of how monetary architectures transform

Global crisis

Global Financial Crisis

Trace the dynamics of contraction, elasticity, and innovation along three phases from August 2007 to January 2009. See how the monetary architectures in the United States and the Eurozone change due to the failures of Countrywide, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers

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Euro crisis

Eurocrisis

Trace the dynamics of contraction, elasticity, and innovation along three phases from October 2009 to September 2012. See how the Eurozone monetary architecture was hit by an exacerbating sovereign debt crisis that was halted through bailouts and a central bank guarantee for national treasuries

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How to use it

This visualization tool allows you to explore the evolution of monetary architectures during financial crises, showing how institutions, policies, and mechanisms changed over time in both the US and Eurozone jurisdictions.

How to use the visualization tool - step by step guide showing timeshift function, crisis phases, and instrument interactions