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It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...
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The easing of controls on interest rates has led to higher interest rate volatility in India. Hence, there is a need to measure and monitor the interest rate exposure of Indian banks. Using publicly available information, this paper attempts to assess the interest rate risk carried by a sample...
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) update conducted jointly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in September 2015. As agreed with the …
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This note provides a set of high-level recommendations that can guide national regulatory and supervisory responses to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and offers an overview of measures taken across jurisdictions to date. The banking sector plays a critical role in mitigating the...
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The experiences of past financial crises have strengthened the Russian bank resolution framework. The resolution … framework has been effective in preserving financial stability. The effectiveness of bank resolution could be improved … public funds. To ensure adequate bank capitalization, a comprehensive review of banks' asset portfolios and collateral …
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made by the IMF and the World Bank in their 2015 assessment report on the observance of Basel Core Principles (BCPs) for … National Bank (BNB) to address the shortcomings found in the domestic supervisory regime. It also reflects the regulatory and …
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This note summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the German banking system as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) update. Solvency tests for the German banking system assessed medium-term vulnerabilities under two adverse macroeconomic scenarios. The tests considered a...
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This Selected Issues paper reviews developments in health care spending in France and discusses the recent measures to improve the functioning of the system and contain costs. It argues that by addressing many of the issues that had bedeviled past reforms, the new measures offer a reasonable...
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