Financial Stability Report
Short Reader Questionnaire, October 2007
In July 2006 the Bank made a number of changes to the Financial Stability Report with the aim of providing a clear, forward-looking assessment of the key risks to UK financial system stability. As part of our ongoing efforts to improve its quality we are interested in your thoughts on the Report's structure and content and how it is used. We would be very grateful to readers who could take a few minutes to complete and return this short questionnaire.
1. Why do you read the Report?a. How useful is the Report for: (click relevant box)
| Very useful | Useful | Fairly useful | Not useful | |
| i. Providing a general overview of financial system vulnerabilities and risks? | ||||
| ii. Developing insights on specific risks affecting your business? | ||||
iii. Affecting the practical management of risks within your institution? |
Other reasons for reading the Report?
b. Can you give a specific example of an instance where the Report has
directly influenced you and/or your institutions' work?
2. How can we improve the structure and content of the Report?
a. How do you assess the value of the sections of the Report?
| Value: | Depth of coverage is: | ||||
Scale of 1 to 10 |
too much | about right | too little | ||
| Overview | |||||
| Section 1 - Shocks to the UK financial system | |||||
| Section 2 - Structure of the UK fnancial system | |||||
| Section 3 - Prospects for the UK financial system | |||||
| Section 4 - Mitigating risks to the UK financial system | |||||
b. How clearly are the overall messages of the Report conveyed? (tick relevant box)
| Very clear | Clearly | Fairly clearly | Poorly | Very poorly |
Additional comments:
c. How would you assess the overall content of the Report? (tick relevant box)
| Very good | Good | Fairly good | Poor | Very poor |
d. Do you have any suggestions for improvements to the content or structure of the Report?
If yes, please add suggestions here:
3. Who are you?
a. In what area do you work (tick relevant box)
| United Kingdom | |
| Europe excluding the UK | |
| North America | |
| Asia | |
| Rest of World |
What type of institution do you work in?
| Government/regulator/other public sector | |
| Central bank | |
| International financial institution | |
| Press/media | |
| Academia | |
| Private sector bank (retail/building society/investment) | |
| Private sector asset manager/insurer/pension fund | |
| Hedge fund | |
| Non-financial firm | |
| Individual | |
| Other (please specify) |
b. How did you hear about the Report? (tick relevant box)
| Word of mouth | |
| Newspaper | |
| Newswire | |
| Magazine | |
| Other media | |
| Bank of England internet site | |
| News internet site | |
| Internet search engine | |
| Other internet site | |
Other (please state)
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Name, role and company/institution
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