Rozwój nadzoru makroostrożnościowego – metody zapobiegania kryzysom finansowym

International financial crises, primarily that of the year 2007 related to the subprime loans market, indicated the need to introduce solutions that would supplement the area of the State’s impact on the financial market between the traditional macroeconomic policy (including fiscal and monetary issues) and macro-prudential supervision. The macro-prudential policy is aimed at providing such a solution, with its instruments being applied in many countries around the world, also in Poland. The article is an attempt to introduce the topic of macro-prudential supervision. The author presents the reasons for establishing such supervision, the main objectives of the macro-prudential policy, the most important instruments, as well as the examples of their application in Poland.