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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America

Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003

This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMFâ€™s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...

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Financial Stability in Dollarized Economies

Gulde, Anne Marie; Hoelscher, David S.; Ize, Alain; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This paper addresses the challenges to prudential supervision in highly dollarized economies, where central banks and supervisors may be constrained in the use of standard money and financial policy tools. The studyâ€™s conclusions are the basis of an ongoing policy dialogue with IMF member...

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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national … currency with the euro, but can choose when to request permission to do so). For most of these countries, adopting the euro … convergence with the rest of the euro area. …

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Policies for Macrofinancial Stability; How to Deal with Credit Booms

Bakker, Bas B.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Laeven, Luc; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This note explores the costs and benefits of different policy options to reduce the risks associated with credit booms, drawing upon several country experiences and the findings from econometric analysis.

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A Simple Model of An International Lender of Last Resort

Huang, Haizhou; Goodhart, C. A. E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

This paper develops a simple model of an international lender of last resort (ILOLR). The world economy consists of many open economies, each with a banking system and a central bank operating under a pegged exchange rate regime. The fragility of the banking system and the limited ability of a...

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Central Bank Involvement in Banking Crises in Latin America

Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper reviews the nature of central bank involvement in 26 episodes of financial disturbance and crises in Latin America from the mid-1990s onwards. It finds that, except in a handful of cases, large amounts of central bank money were used to cope with large and small crises alike. Pouring...

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Systemic Risks in Global Banking; What Available Data Can Tell Us and What More Data Are Needed?

Cerutti, Eugenio; McGuire, Patrick M.; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The recent financial crisis has shown how interconnected the financial world has become. Shocks in one location or asset class can have a sizable impact on the stability of institutions and markets around the world. But systemic risk analysis is severely hampered by the lack of consistent data...

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Indonesia; Anatomy of a Banking Crisis

Kovanen, Arto; Frécaut, Olivier; Baldwin, Barbara E.; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001

This study looks at the first two years of the banking crisis that erupted in Indonesia in late 1997. It finds that the banking sector was weak at the outset, and that governance problems intensified the crisis and seriously delayed its resolution. Although a strategy was put in place over the...

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Inside the Crisis; An Empirical Analysis of Banking Systems in Distress

Gupta, Poonam; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Detragiache, Enrica - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000

Using aggregate and bank level data for several countries, the paper studies what happens to the banking system in the aftermath of a banking crisis. Contemporary crises are not accompanied by declines in aggregate bank deposits, and credit does not fall relative to output, although the growth...

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The Real Effect of Banking Crises

Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Rajan, Raghuram; Detragiache, Enrica - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005

Banking crises are usually followed by a decline in credit and growth. Is this because crises tend to take place during economic downturns, or do banking sector problems have independent negative effects on the economy? To answer this question we examine industrial sectors with differing needs...

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