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The need for an improved macroprudential policy with regard to the financial markets turned evident in the course of the financial crisis since 2007. In this paper we introduce the new respective policies that have been introduced in the EU in the wake of the crisis, shed some light on the underlying conceptions, and, after a brief introduction of the systems applied in the UK, France, and the United States, outline how macroprudential policy might be introduced in the Netherlands, our country of origin.