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Belgium; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real … contributed to housing price developments in Belgium. It identifies potential policies that are available to avert a buildup of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825451
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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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Norway; 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Norway
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Norway’s near-term macroeconomic priority is to reduce risks arising from high-household debt by tightening macroprudential standards for mortgage lending while undertaking tax reforms to gradually reduce incentives for excessive leverage. Creating a stronger institutional framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244493
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Sweden; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Household Indebtedness: Implications for Financial Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
decades accompanied by rising housing prices, prompting concerns about sustainability and the implications for financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244923
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
housing activity and housing prices. The market-based financial structure has reduced the volatility of mortgage lending …. Changes in the structure of the mortgage market have coincided with lower volatility of real housing activity. Regional income … growth and unemployment rates have statistically significant and correct signed effects on housing prices. Tests of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252961
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Spain; Vulnerabilities of Private Sector Balance Sheets and Risks to the Financial Sector Technical Notes
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This technical note assesses the vulnerabilities of household and corporate sector balance sheets and quantifies the potential impacts from macroeconomic shocks using sensitivity and contingent claims analyses. The note analyzes the risks to the Spanish financial stability arising from household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242733
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Canada; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This Selected Issues paper on Canada examines economic development and policies. Capital ratios before the crisis have been a key determinant of bank performance during the turmoil; and Canadian banks had ample capital. Specifically, most banks with critically low capital at end-2006 later...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244253
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Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the housing prices, consumption, and the household debt overhang in the Netherlands …. Deflated housing prices that were fueled by robust borrowing often leave in their wake households with heavy debt burden. This … using a three-stage least squares approach. Empirical results are supportive of the hypothesis that housing prices strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244329
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United States; Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
stabilizing strategies, removal of fiscal cliff uncertainties, effective implementation of housing, and labor market holstering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244411
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Republic of Slovenia: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that after a brief stabilization in 2010, the recession in the Slovenia resumed in 2011 and the economy now has contracted for eight consecutive quarters. Although a sharp contraction in investment was the main driver of the downturn in the early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244670