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Toward a Framework for Systemic Liquidity Policy
Hobbs, J. Kimball; Dziobek, Claudia Helene; Marston, David - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
International policy efforts to strengthen financial systems have highlighted the role of liquidity. This paper … explores a framework to assess arrangements for market liquidity and lays out elements of systemic liquidity policy. Robust … arrangements for liquidity provide confidence to market participants that liquidity can be mobilized on demand in a predictable and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604876
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What Drives the POLONIA Spread in Poland?
Lu, Yinqiu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
the existence of the structural liquidity in the banking system; bank’s unwillingness to lock up liquidity in the NBP … also shows the effectiveness of the NBP’s responses to the financial crisis and structural liquidity surplus. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142119
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The Determinants of Banks' Liquidity Buffers in Central America
Delechat, Corinne; Arbelaez, Camila Henao; Muthoora, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Banks’ liquidity holdings are comfortably above legal or prudential requirements in most Central American countries …. While good for financial stability, high systemic liquidity may nonetheless hinder monetary policy transmission and … precautionary liquidity buffers is associated with measures of bank size, profitability, capitalization, and financial development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142020
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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Managing Financial Crises; Recent Experience and Lessons for Latin America
Kincaid, G. Russell; Collyns, Charles - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824823
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Issues in Managing and Sequencing Financial Sector Reforms Lessons From Experiences in Five Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
A review of the experience of five developing countries in reforming their financial systems illustrates the benefits and risks, and provides lessons on the factors which contribute to successful financial sector reforms. Financial sector reforms need to be supported by active monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825950
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Tanzania; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
The staff report summarizes the financial sector issues of Tanzania. It assesses the overall stability and development issues, and provides an overview of the financial system highlighting its soundness and vulnerabilities. It analyzes risk management, regulation and supervision, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591619
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Bank Risk and the Declining Franchise Value of the Banking Systems in the United States and Japan
Lee, Howard; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Weisbrod, Steven Riess - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
that banks’ franchise value originates in their provision of liquidity and payments services to their customers. Therefore …, the decline in corporate demand for bank liquidity is identified as a major factor explaining the fall of the franchise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605229
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Republic of Croatia; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The 2002 Financial Stability Assessment Program (FSAP) found that the Croatian financial system was resilient, but vulnerabilities remain. The authorities have been proactive in addressing macroeconomic and financial vulnerabilities associated with rapid credit growth and have also taken...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243898
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United Arab Emirates; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Financial System Stability Assessment on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) examines macroeconomic and financial sector developments. The banking sector as a whole shows comfortable levels of capitalization and profits, having benefited from the rapid expansion of the economy and a steady...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244595