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Liquidity and Transparency in Bank Risk Management

Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

accumulate a buffer of liquid assets, or strengthen transparency to communicate solvency. While a liquidity buffer provides … bank may choose insufficient liquidity buffers and transparency. The regulatory response is constained: while liquidity … buffers can be imposed, transparency is not verifiable. Moreover, liquidity requirements can compromise banks' transparency …

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Externalities and Macroprudential Policy

Nicoló, Gianni De; Favara, Giovanni; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This note overviews macroprudential policy options that have been proposed to address the systemic risks experienced during the recent financial crisis. It contributes to the policy debate by providing a taxonomy of macroprudential policies in terms of the specific negative externalities in the...

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Shadow Banking; Economics and Policy

Claessens, Stijn; Ratnovski, Lev; Singh, Manmohan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012

This note outlines the basic economics of the shadow banking system, highlights (systemic) risks related to it, and suggests implications for measurement and regulatory approaches.

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Why Are Canadian Banks More Resilient?

Huang, Rocco; Ratnovski, Lev - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009

This paper explores factors behind Canadian banks' relative resilience in the ongoing credit turmoil. We identify two main causes: a higher share of depository funding (vs. wholesale funding) in liabilities, and a number of regulatory and structural factors in the Canadian market that reduced...

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