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https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/6a01348793456c970c022ad37a0f82200c-500wi.jpg500313In the wake of the 2007-09 financial crisis, a wide range of new regulations have been introduced to improve the stability of the banking system. But has the banking system become safer since the crisis? In this post, we provide a new perspective on this question by employing four analytical models, each measuring a different aspect of banking system vulnerability, to evaluate how system stability has evolved over the past decade.