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Cyprus; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
insurance, drafting guidelines for emergency liquidity assistance, and adopting a legal framework for covered bonds to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242579
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Iceland; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper presents an update on Iceland’s Financial System Stability Assessment. Liquidity ratios, while high, now … depend more than before on access to central banks’ liquidity facilities because of the turmoil in global markets, and any … reduction in such access would require changes in the banks' liquidity management strategy. Capital levels, although above …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242584
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Sri Lanka; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Payment System...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
; nonetheless, stress tests suggest that banks remain relatively less resilient to interest rate and liquidity shocks. Moreover, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243201
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Russian Federation; Financial Sector Stability Assessment Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper presents the Financial Sector Stability Assessment Update on the Russian Federation. Indicators of bank soundness and performance are broadly favorable but credit risk poses a challenge over the medium term, and capitalization should rise to support continued banking sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244068
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United States; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation: Technical Note on Selected Issues on Liquidity Risk Management in Fedwire Funds and Private Sector...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This paper discusses Selected Issues on Liquidity Risk Management in Fedwire Funds and Private Sector Payment for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243834
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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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Italy: Technical Note on Stress Testing The Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Technical Note elaborates the recommendations made in the Financial Sector Assessment Program for Italy in the areas of contingency planning, crisis management, and bank resolution. The note sets out a brief overview of the impact of the global financial crisis in Italy and how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242981
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Capital Regulation, Liquidity Requirements and Taxation in a Dynamic Model of Banking
Nicoló, Gianni De; Gamba, Andrea; Lucchetta, Marcella - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
liquidity risk. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between capital requirements and bank lending, efficiency, and welfare …, with their benefits turning into costs beyond a certain requirement threshold. By contrast, liquidity requirements reduce … lending, efficiency and welfare significantly. The costs of high capital and liquidity requirements represent a lower bound on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142059
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Macroprudential Policy; What Instruments and How to Use them? Lessons From Country Experiences
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper provides the most comprehensive empirical study of the effectiveness of macroprudential instruments to date. Using data from 49 countries, the paper evaluates the effectiveness of macroprudential instruments in reducing systemic risk over time and across institutions and markets. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369434
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Centrality-based Capital Allocations
Alter, Adrian; Craig, Ben; Raupach, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We look at the effect of capital rules on a banking system that is connected through correlated credit exposures and interbank lending. The rules, which combine individual bank characteristics and interconnectivity measures of interbank lending, are to minimize a measure of system-wide losses....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106151