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We investigate the pricing of sovereign credit risk over the period 2008-2010 for selected advanced economies by … credit risk during the period of the recent financial crisis. …
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financial institutions (LCFIs). To estimate the multifactor latent structure, we link the market risk (the covariance of the … LCFIs' equity) to credit risk (the default probability of the CDS basket) in a coherent manner. In addition, to analyze the … relevant sources of risk. We anticipate that this approach could be of value to financial supervisors and risk managers alike. …
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The unprecedented rise in nonperforming assets during the recent Asian financial crisis severely tested the limit and capacity of the existing asset management infrastructure, leading policymakers to consider new approaches to resolve them. This paper examines two such approaches—the creation...
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Sizable risk capital from outside may be necessary to accelerate Japan's corporate restructuring to replace the stock … of impaired bank loans. To attract risk capital, impaired loans must find market-clearing prices. However, the asymmetry …
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This report discusses key findings of the Financial Sector Stability Assessment on Canada. Canada’s financial system successfully navigated the global financial crisis, and stress tests suggest that major financial institutions would continue to be resilient to credit, liquidity, and...
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The staff report for the 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights the Slovak Republic’s macroeconomic outlook and policy discussions. The National Bank of Slovakia (NBS) has been following a hybrid monetary framework focused on restraining inflation and on maintaining the exchange rate...
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Cape Verde’s economic and policy performance remains sound under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement supported by Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Executive Directors commended the prudent macroeconomic policies and structural reforms. They emphasized the need for...
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We develop a theoretical framework that encompasses four distinct motives for dollarization and discuss appropriate policy responses to help contain dollarization and its attendant risks. "Moral hazard" dollarization provides a clear case for prudential policy activism. However, prudential...
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systemic risk in the corporate and financial sectors, as well as systemic sovereign risk; and is also forward looking as it is … END to assess systemic risk in the corporate sector in Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand. We also discuss how the END systemic … risk indicator overcomes some of the shortcomings of other vulnerability indicators. …
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it comes to rank ordering default risk among sovereigns, there is evidence of rating stability failure during the recent …
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