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This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic growth of Korea rose to about 6 percent in 2002 from 3 percent in 2001. Buoyant consumption and residential construction spending underpinned the recovery beginning in late 2001. In 2002, exports rebounded strongly in spite of a...
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that from 1999 to 2002, Korea’s economy grew rapidly, by an average of 7¼ percent per year. But starting in 2003, the economy has begun to sputter. Growth suddenly stopped in the first half of the year, leapt ahead in the second half as...
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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
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presented. The bond market comprises the interbank bond market, the exchange bond market, and the bank counter market. The two …
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The debt market in Thailand has made important strides since the financial crisis of 1997. The Thai government has made … portfolio or otherwise establish more meaningful benchmarks. The corporate debt market suffers from too few issuers of corporate … debt and too little diversity of debt offerings. This reflects, in part the limited corporate need for long-term financing …
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-based regulatory system that opens the debt market to a larger and more diverse pool of corporations. A series of regulatory changes … should be considered, including removing the limitations on below investment grade debt offerings, expanding the size of …
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, and credit to the private sector has risen threefold. Loan classification, provisioning, and even capital remain uneven in …
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This paper presents key finding of the Financial System Stability Assessment for the Republic of Korea, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, Insurance Regulation, Corporate...
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This paper presents an update to Hungary’s Financial System Stability Assessment, including a Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Insurance Regulation. The assessment reveals that financial intermediation in Hungary has continued to deepen. The expansion of bank lending at...
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Singapore’s financial sector, which is dominated by the banking sector, remains robust despite a series of economic downturns and substantial asset price declines. Economic developments in the past few years have highlighted Singapore’s vulnerability to exogenous shocks, including...
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