Novoa, Alicia; Seelig, Steven A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
2007. Responses were received from 140 financial sector supervisors in 103 countries. A majority of these are separate … stand-alone agencies, though, a majority of bank supervisors are part of a central bank. The survey asked respondents about … accountability. Most agencies reported having operational independence. Bank supervisors were unique in viewing financial stability …