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Issues in Private-Sector Finance in Israel

Hemmings, Philip - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

The 2008-09 global financial crisis did not result in the failure of any major financial institution in Israel, but it did reveal vulnerabilities in the non-banking sector . particularly in the corporate-bond market. Conservative regulation of the banking sector helped this segment avoid a...

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Banks' Restructuring and Smooth Deleveraging of the Private Sector in Slovenia

Havrylchyk, Olena - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

deteriorate further, which could require significant bank recapitalisation. Updated bottom-up (i.e. loan by loan) stress tests are … assumptions should be made public. The creation of the Bank Asset Management Company (BAMC) should allow recognition of problems …

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The German Banking System: Lessons from the Financial Crisis

Hüfner, Felix - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

The German banking system came under pressure during the financial crisis, not least due to its significant exposure to toxic assets which originated in the US. In the short run, the stability of the system has been achieved, in large part through substantial government support measures....

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Financial Sector Reform in India: Time for a Second Wave?

Herd, Richard; Koen, Vincent; Patnaik, Ila; Shah, Ajay - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

The Indian financial system has changed considerably since the 1990s. Interest rates have been deregulated and new entrants allowed in the banking and the securities business. The Indian equity market has become world-class. New private banks have emerged that are more customer-oriented than the...

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The Effectiveness of Monetary Policy since the Onset of the Financial Crisis

Bouis, Romain; Rawdanowicz, Łukasz; Renne, Jean-Paul; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

important headwinds. Third, the bank lending channel of monetary policy transmission appears to have been impaired, mainly due …

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Overcoming the Banking Crisis in Ireland

McGowan, Muge Adalet - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

transferred to a government controlled “bad bank”, NAMA, and the associated heavy losses fully recognised by the banks. NAMA needs … mid 2011 following stringent bank “stress tests”, which proved to be a crucial turning point in the crisis by helping to … confidence in the financial system is regained, the authorities should further restrict the government guarantee of bank …

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Systemically Important Banks and Capital Regulation Challenges

Slovik, Patrick - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012

Bank regulation might have contributed to or even reinforced adverse systemic shocks that materialised during the … of bank equity, regulation that is not based on risk-weighted assets would affect annual GDP growth by -0.02 percentage …

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Prudential Regulation and Competition in Financial Markets

Ahrend, Rudiger; Arnold, Jens; Murtin, Fabrice - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

This paper examines how a range of stability-oriented regulatory policies for banking and insurance are related to selected stability and competition outcomes in these sectors. Based on survey information on financial market regulation, policy indicators for eight areas of prudential banking...

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Minimising Risks from Imbalances in European Banking

Barnes, Sebastian; Lane, Philip R.; Radziwill, Artur - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

The euro area financial system took excessive risks during the global credit boom, which in some countries led to an unsustainable increase in credit, higher asset prices and housing booms. This process helped to fuel large imbalances within the euro area. Banks played a key role in channelling...

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Enhancing Financial Stability Through Better Regulation in Hungary

Molnár, Margit - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010

The global crisis exposed weaknesses in the Hungarian financial system that pose risks to financial stability. Excessive risk-taking by banks and households had been masked by relatively stable exchange rates, the expected early adoption of the euro and unusually lax credit conditions in...

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