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Sweden; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Reviewing the Systemic Liquidity Risk Management Framework
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The Swedish banking system faced a severe liquidity strain during the global financial crisis owing to their extensive … recommendations made in the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update in the area of systemic liquidity risk management …, especially in relatively weak areas and some aspects of Riksbank’s domestic liquidity toolkit. But it does not cover a range of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243697
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Access to Bank Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa; Key Issues and Reform Strategies
Sacerdoti, Emilio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This study discusses issues of access to bank credit in Sub-Saharan Africa, and examines measures that could help facilitate access by the private sector to bank credit. It reviews in particular obstacles to credit small- and medium-scale enterprises and agriculture, and examines progress in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264006
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Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries
Sole, Juan; Sensenbrenner, Gabriel; Tahari, Amor; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen financial markets, increase their efficiency, and enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825882
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Financial Soundness Indicators; Analytical Aspects and Country Practices
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002
The financial turmoil of the late 1990s prompted a broad search for tools and techniques for detecting and preventing financial crises, and more recent episodes of instability have high lighted the importance of continuous monitoring of financial systems as a tool for preventing crises. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590915
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Tanzania; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
The staff report summarizes the financial sector issues of Tanzania. It assesses the overall stability and development issues, and provides an overview of the financial system highlighting its soundness and vulnerabilities. It analyzes risk management, regulation and supervision, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591619
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Republic of Croatia; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The 2002 Financial Stability Assessment Program (FSAP) found that the Croatian financial system was resilient, but vulnerabilities remain. The authorities have been proactive in addressing macroeconomic and financial vulnerabilities associated with rapid credit growth and have also taken...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243898
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Introduction to Applied Stress Testing
Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
credit risk, interest rate and exchange rate risks, liquidity risk and contagion risk, and are guided in the design of stress …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248151
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The Use of Blanket Guarantees in Banking Crises
Laeven, Luc; Valencia, Fabian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
opted for issuing blanket guarantees on bank liabilities to stop or avoid widespread bank runs. In theory, blanket … finds that blanket guarantees are successful in reducing liquidity pressures on banks arising from deposit withdrawals … with extensive liquidity support and when crises are severe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826542
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What Drives China's Interbank Market?
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Interest rates in China comprise a mix of both market determined interest rates (interbank rates and bond yields), and regulated interest rates (lending and deposit rates), reflecting China's gradual process of interest rate liberalization. We argue, using a theoretical model and empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528670
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Optimal Liquidity and Economic Stability
Han, Linghui; Lee, Il Houng - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
attention was paid to the potential spillover of excess liquidity. This paper suggests a notional level of "optimal" liquidity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790278