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Malaysia; 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This report discusses Malaysia’s economic accomplishment and other economic reforms. Malaysia has attained a strong … growth in 2012, and a robust growth is expected in the next term. The financial position of Malaysia is sound and supported … by a strong regulatory framework with high bank capitals, international reserves, and refined monetary and financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245415
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Malaysia; Financial Sector Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
-year financial plan (2001–10) by Bank Negara Malaysia restructured the financial sector. Banks were well capitalized, household …This assessment is a review of the financial environment of Malaysia. Like many other Asian countries, Malaysia … debts were strengthened, and securities and insurances were developed. Malaysia thus became the global center for Islamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242711
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What’s in it for Me? A Primeron Differences between Islamic and Conventional Finance in Malaysia
Krasicka, Olga; Nowak, Sylwia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial factors. Our analysis suggests that Islamic and conventional bond and equity prices are driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142164
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Explaining ASEAN-3’s Investment Puzzle A Tale of Two Sectors
Zhou, Yong Sarah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
. Empirical results based on macro and firm-level data from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand (ASEAN-3) support this hypothesis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142140
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245114
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Euro Area Policies; 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Member Coun...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This 2009 Article IV Consultation focuses on euro area policies. The euro area remains in recession, with signs of improvement yet to evolve into a recovery. The large drop in financial wealth, an associated increase in private savings, tight financing conditions, and the adjustment of global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245769
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Macroprudential and Microprudential Policies; Toward Cohabitation
Osinski, Jacek; Seal, Katharine; Hoogduin, Lex - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Effective arrangements for micro and macroprudential policies to further overall financial stability are strongly desirable for all countries, emerging or advanced. Both policies complement each other, but there can also be potential areas of overlap and conflict, which can complicate this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245895
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Currency Crisis and Contagion; Evidence From Exchange Rates and Sectoral Stock Indices of the Philippines and Thailand
Nagayasu, Jun - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper analyzes empirically the recent Asian financial crisis using high frequency data of exchange rates and stock indices of the Philippines and Thailand. Utilizing standard time-series techniques, this study confirms that there is evidence that developments in some sectoral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263754
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Moral Hazard and International Crisis Lending: A Test
Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Zettelmeyer, Jeromin; Schnabel, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
We test for the existence of a moral hazard effect attributable to official crisis lending by analyzing the evolution of sovereign bond spreads in emerging markets before and after the Russian crisis. The nonbailout of Russia in August 1998 is interpreted as an event that decreased the perceived...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263951
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Issues in the Establishment of Asset Management Companies
Ingves, Stefan N.; Seelig, Steven A.; He, Dong - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper discusses the role of asset management companies (AMCs) in facilitating bank restructuring and specifies … a combination of strategies that will vary from bank to bank and country to country. There are, however, common factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264254