that Cyprus faces daunting economic challenges in the face of faltering external demand and worsening domestic financial …

The Selected Issues Paper focuses on Cyprus' banking sector vulnerabilities and its pension system. The most salient … risks for the banking sector come from commercial banks domiciled in Cyprus. These banks have the strongest links with the … local economy and are likely to experience further deterioration of their loan portfolios in both Greece and Cyprus. The …

This paper reviews economic developments in Cyprus during 1990–95. Economic growth slowed down and became more volatile …

This paper provides background information to the report for the 1995 Article IV Consultation with Cyprus. It reviews … seignior age, and summarizes other countries’ experiences with financial liberalization and their implications for Cyprus …

This Selected Issues paper examines the adequacy of Cyprus’ economic competitiveness. The paper looks at the recent … behavior of conventional indicators of competitiveness, estimates Cyprus’ equilibrium real exchange rate, and provides an … analyzes the financial reform in Cyprus …

effectiveness of Cyprus’s banking regulatory and supervisory framework in place, and the resulting high degree of compliance with …

sustainability for Cyprus. The study analyzes the potential macroeconomic impact of different approaches to deal with the fiscal …

Various indicators place Cyprus’s banking system soundness ahead of emerging countries but behind advanced economies …. This report discusses financial sector stability in Cyprus, using a combination of accounting-based and market … cooperative banks in Cyprus. Credit risk appears as the main source of risk in the banking sector, with demand for real estate …