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This Selected Issues paper summarizes estimates of the gap between current housing prices and their equilibrium levels in the United States. It examines short-term dynamics of price adjustment. Reflecting uncertainties about how to analyze underlying housing price trends, two approaches are used...
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The report analyses Spain’s financial sector reform program and throws light on the role that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) played in supporting the restructuring and recapitalization of its financial sector. It stated that the two major areas that have been looked at...
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The Euro Area Policies’ 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that the economy is poised for a sustained upswing because of cyclical considerations and policies, which have had a forward-looking cast. The area’s external position and the real effective exchange rate of the euro are...
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We study how credit market deregulation and increased international financial openness have changed corporate borrowing … leverage and lengthened debt maturity in advanced economies, as expected, suggesting that in these countries corporate credit …
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This paper analyzes the credit crunch following the recent financial crisis in Korea. Using enterprise-level data, we … find that there were big differences in the magnitude of the credit contraction across different types of firms. In … particular, chaebol (conglomerate)-affiliated firms appeared to have lost the preferential access to credit they enjoyed in the …
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The rapid mortgage credit growth experienced in recent years in mature and emerging countries has raised some stability … concerns. Many European credit institutions in mature markets have reacted by increasing securitization, particularly via … movements in covered bond prices can be used to analyze the credit developments of the underlying issuer and the quality of its …
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Stress testing is becoming a widely used tool to assess potential vulnerabilities in a financial system. This paper is intended to answer some of the basic questions that may arise as part of the process of stress testing. The paper begins with a discussion of stress testing in a financial...
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We examine the linkages between market and funding liquidity pressures, as well as their interaction with solvency issues surrounding key financial institutions during the 2007 subprime crisis. A multivariate GARCH model is estimated in order to test for the transmission of liquidity shocks...
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The paper proposes a framework for examining the process of financial market development. The framework, consistent with the functional view of financial system design, is anchored in studying the incentives facing the key players in financial markets-borrowers, lenders, liquidity providers, and...
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This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...
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