“Financial regulators and central banks in over 60 countries publish Financial Stability Reports about the health of their banking, financial and payments systems. These are a rich source of information on the structure of financial systems, recent trends in banking and finance, and the impact of the global economy on local markets. For scholars and students, FSRs can be a valuable tool in understanding developments in a banking system over time or allow them to make comparisons across financial markets. For policy-makers, FSRs are a platform to explain their concerns about the financial system to a wider audience, to set down benchmarks for tracking risk in a country, and to present new approaches to regulating the financial system. FSRs are a window into this complex world.”