Visual summary -- Foreword -- Executive summary and introduction -- Contents -- An extended credit boom -- An adverse spiral develops -- Institutional risks materialise -- A system-wide response -- Near-term prospects for the financial system -- The medium-term agenda -- Annex, timeline of crisis events -- Complete book -- Other financial stability publications -- Index of charts and tables -- Glossary and other information

Discusses the turmoil in the international financial system in 2008. Looks at causes, outcomes (short and medium term) and links to other sources of information on the subject. Adresses future risks and suggests ways in which financial institutions must change to prevent a repeat of the current instability found across the sector.