News in Systemic Risk: Friday, December 21, 2018 (10 a.m. ET)

Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebilev: Uganda's implementation of Basel and international accounting standards (BIS)

Per Jansson: Monetary policy in less favourable times - what are the options? (Anil Ari, ECB Working Paper)

Senior Loan Officer Survey—Fourth Quarter of 2018 (Bank of Canada)

Ong Chong Tee: The post-crisis financial landscape - what next?  (BIS)

Godwin I Emefiele: Strengthening the economic recovery process in Nigeria (BIS)

Rare Disasters and Exchange Rates: An Empirical Investigation of South Korean Exchange Rates under Tension between the Two Koreas (Cheolbeom Park, Suyeon Park, Bank of Korea)

Charts of the Year: European lending standards deteriorate in race for yield (FT)

Italian Manufacturing Confidence Falls to Lowest in Two Years (Bloomberg)

China Pledges More Stimulus in 2019 as Economy Seeks Bottom  (Bloomberg)

Rwanda Raises Banks' Capital Needs, Changes Monetary Policy (Bloomberg)