Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 208
Cover Image
Distress in European Banks; An Analysis Basedon a New Dataset
Poghosyan, Tigran; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
identified late, solutions are much more costly. Until recently, Europe has seen only a small number of outright bank failures …, which made the estimation of early warning models for bank supervision very difficult. This paper presents a unique database … of individual bank distress across the European Union from mid-1990s to 2008. Using this data set, we analyze the causes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826186
Cover Image
Cyprus; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: Measuring Banking Stability in Cyprus
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Various indicators place Cyprus’s banking system soundness ahead of emerging countries but behind advanced economies. This report discusses financial sector stability in Cyprus, using a combination of accounting-based and market-based indicators, and stress tests. Cypriot commercial banks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245527
Cover Image
Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? Evidence From Emerging Europe
Igan, Deniz; Tamirisa, Natalia T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper examines the behavior of bank soundness indicators during episodes of brisk loan growth, using bank …-level data for central and eastern Europe and controlling for the feedback effect of credit growth on bank soundness. No evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599420
Cover Image
Introduction to Applied Stress Testing
Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Stress testing is a useful and increasingly popular, yet sometimes misunderstood, method of analyzing the resilience of financial systems to adverse events. This paper aims to help demystify stress tests, and illustrate their strengths and weaknesses. Using an Excel-based exercise with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248151
Cover Image
United Arab Emirates; 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice; and Statement by the Executive Director for United Arab Emirates
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was adversely affected by a series of external and domestic shocks in 2009, including the global economic slowdown, the shutdown of international capital markets, and the impact of the bursting Dubai property bubble in mid-2008. Oil receipts plummeted, global trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243267
Cover Image
United Kingdom; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This staff report on United Kingdom’s (UK) 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights economic policies and development. The UK economy grew by about ¼ percent in 2012. Net trade reduced growth by 0.6 percentage points of GDP, the biggest drag since 2005, and well above staff projections....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243880
Cover Image
Islamic Republic of Iran; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
In this study, the role of the financial sector and Islamic finance in the development of Iran’s economic strategy is discussed. The structure and governance aspects of Iran’s financial system are explained by means of equity finance and the banking sector. The role of Iron...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244035
Cover Image
Austria: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Technical Note on Stress Testing the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Technical Note discusses key results of stress testing of the banking sector in Austria. The Austrian banking system is in a recovery phase following the 2008–2009 global financial crisis. Stress testing results suggest that Austrian banks, on aggregate, have sufficient capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245150
Cover Image
Republic of Poland; Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Credit, Growth, and Financial Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note on the Republic of Poland underlies the country’s credit, growth, and financial stability. A broad-based statistical and econometric analysis of financial and household balance sheet data implies that exchange rate-related credit risk and liquidity risk are currently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245348
Cover Image
Contingent Capital; Economic Rationale and Design Features
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla; Zhou, Jian-Ping; Leslé, Vanessa Le; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The causes of the global financial crisis were multi-faceted but revealed still unresolved weaknesses in national and international financial oversight and resolution frameworks. In particular, many governments in the crisis-hit countries had to provide unprecedented levels of support to contain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245888