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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System

International Monetary Fund - 2007

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in the Italian banking sector has intensified in loan and...

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Competition in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund - 2005

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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Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to have driven movements in equilibrium real exchange rates in the Baltics since the start of the transition process. In the earlier years of transition, price liberalization,...

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Republic of Kazakhstan : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update—Technical Note—Bank Profitability and Competition

International Monetary Fund - 2004

This technical note explores the reasons for a comparatively high interest rate spread in Kazakhstan in the context of competition in the banking sector. In spite of significant gains in efficiency made in recent years, operational costs and provisioning for loan losses remain high compared with...

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Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs : An Application to Slovakia

International Monetary Fund - 2012

Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of...

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Impact of the global crisis on banking sector soundness in Asian low-income countries

Ree, Jack Joo K. - 2011

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Montenegro Financial Sector Assessment Program : Banking Supervision and Regulation

International Monetary Fund - 2016

) update conducted jointly by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) in September 2015. As agreed with the …

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COVID-19 : The Regulatory and Supervisory Implications for the Banking Sector

International Monetary Fund - 2020

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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Russian Federation Financial Sector Assessment Program : Bank Resolution and Crisis Management Framework

International Monetary Fund - 2016

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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Bulgaria Financial Sector Assessment Program : Stocktaking of Progress Achieved by the Bulgarian National Bank in Strengthening Banking Supervision

International Monetary Fund - 2017

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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