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Toward a Framework for Systemic Liquidity Policy
Hobbs, J. Kimball; Dziobek, Claudia Helene; Marston, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
International policy efforts to strengthen financial systems have highlighted the role of liquidity. This paper … explores a framework to assess arrangements for market liquidity and lays out elements of systemic liquidity policy. Robust … arrangements for liquidity provide confidence to market participants that liquidity can be mobilized on demand in a predictable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604876
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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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What Drives the POLONIA Spread in Poland?
Lu, Yinqiu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
the existence of the structural liquidity in the banking system; bank’s unwillingness to lock up liquidity in the NBP … also shows the effectiveness of the NBP’s responses to the financial crisis and structural liquidity surplus. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142119
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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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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 IMF’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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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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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Issues in Managing and Sequencing Financial Sector Reforms Lessons From Experiences in Five Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
A review of the experience of five developing countries in reforming their financial systems illustrates the benefits and risks, and provides lessons on the factors which contribute to successful financial sector reforms. Financial sector reforms need to be supported by active monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825950
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Excess Liquidity and the Effectiveness of Monetary Policy; Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Saxegaard, Magnus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper examines the pattern of excess liquidity in sub-Saharan Africa and its consequences for the effectiveness of … monetary policy. The paper argues that understanding the consequences of excess liquidity requires quantifying the extent to … which commercial bank holdings of excess liquidity exceed levels required for precautionary purposes. It proposes a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826003
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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