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This paper surveys that state of fiscal transparency in the wake of the current crisis and looks at what can be done to improve it. It examines the relationship between fiscal transparency and fiscal outcomes; reviews progress in promoting greater fiscal transparency over the past decade; considers...
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past gains and losses on investors'' risk aversion. We first present a simple model on how heterogeneous changes in … investors'' risk aversion affect portfolio decisions and stock prices. Second, we empirically show that, when funds'' returns …
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The paper discusses the stability of Brazil's financial system, which is diversified and shows sustained economic progress. Fiscal and monetary policies have been aimed to improve bank reserves, and foreign exchange intervention has been streamlined to curb volatility in the exchange market....
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The Netherlands has been heavily affected by the global financial crisis. The “Twin Peaks†supervision model, with Netherlands Central Bank - De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) as the prudential supervisor, and the Authority for Financial Markets (AFM) responsible for conduct-of-business...
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Based on an assessment of external public debt indicators and given the continued buildup of external arrears, the Republic of Congo is classified as "in debt distress". Moreover, despite the recent restructuring agreement with China, public debt remains unsustainable with the net present value...
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Congo (DRC)'s debt-carrying capacity was assessed as weak. DRC remains at a moderate risk of external and overall debt …
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assess the sensitivity of banks and insurance companies to single-factor shocks to risk types affecting solvency and … liquidity position of institutions. The mission recommends that future STs should be risk-based and that macroprudential …
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This paper discusses key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) on Moldova. The assessment reveals that vulnerabilities of the financial sector appear to be manageable. Stress tests on likely scenarios do not indicate major vulnerabilities for the banking system as a whole....
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determined by stress tests. The main sources of risk lie in the credit risk arising from exposures to Central, Eastern, and … Southeastern Europe (CESE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), indirect credit risk from foreign currency lending …, and credit risk from domestic lending. The Austrian banking systems exhibits ample liquidity. In-depth discussions with …
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We identify different sources of risk as important determinants of banks'' corporate structures when expanding into new … markets. Subsidiary-based corporate structures benefit from greater protection against economic risk because of affiliate …-level limited liability, but are more exposed to the risk of capital expropriation than are branches. Thus, branch-based structures …
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