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The Development of Local Debt Markets in Asia
Goswami, Mangal; Sharma, Sunil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
development has been limited by hurdles confronting borrowers and lenders, current and potential liquidity providers, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009151210
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The Capital Markets of Emerging Europe; Institutions, Instruments and Investors
Ong, Li L.; Iorgova, Silvia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Emerging European countries have made large strides in developing their local capital markets since the early-1990s. However, the rate of development has been widely disparate across countries and market segments, underpinned by the varying degrees of progress made in key areas such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264095
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Puttable and Extendible Bonds; Developing Interest Rate Derivatives for Emerging Markets
Neftci, Salih N.; Santos, Andre - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This paper analyzes the price stabilizing properties of puttable and extendible bonds, their potential to help develop interest-rate derivative markets, and their use by governments. Their stabilizing properties imply that, when bond prices fall, prices for puttable and extendible bonds fall by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826508
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Mongolia; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Monetary Policy Transpa...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper presents Mongolia’s Financial System Stability Assessment, including reports on the Observance of Standards and Code. The Mongolian financial system is developing and performing well, in line with the economy as a whole, but faces a number of challenges. There are signs that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244996
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United Republic of Tanzania; Fourth Review Under the Policy Support Instrument: Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Direct...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper discusses key findings of the Fourth Review under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) for the United Republic of Tanzania. By October 2008, inflation had risen to 11.8 percent mainly reflecting the surge in global food and fuel prices, but is expected to begin to recede. Poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245759
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The Bank Lending Channel of Monetary Transmission; Does it Work in Turkey?
Brooks, Petya Koeva - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
play a role in Turkey's monetary transmission mechanism. Specifically, bank liquidity is found to have a significant effect … sector, depending on its liquidity position. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248226
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The GCC Banking Sector; Topography and Analysis
Khamis, May Y.; Al-Hassan, Abdullah; Oulidi, Nada - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
In this paper, we analyze the evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking sectors in the six member countries including ownership, concentration, cross-border linkages, balance sheet exposures and risks, recent trends in credit growth, and financial soundness. We identify risks to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008470388
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The Gambia; Demand for Broad Money and Implications for Monetary Policy Conduct
Sriram, Subramanian S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper evaluates the demand for broad money (M2) in The Gambia for January 1988-June 2007. There appears to be a long-run relationship for demand for real M2, but the relationship is not stable. Exogenous output shocks, financial innovation, changes in income velocity, and inadequate data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528631
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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