Showing 1 - 8 of 8
The U.K. financial sector is globally systemic, open, and complex. It has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic fittingly, thanks to the post-GFC reforms, a proactive macroprudential stance, and an effective multipronged response to maintain financial stability. Brexit uncertainties are being handled...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013168903
The pandemic dealt a severe blow to the Italian people and their economy. GDP fell by nearly 9 percent in 2020, with much larger drops for contact-intensive services. Public and corporate debt increased strongly and preexisting vulnerabilities have likely worsened. The government is prioritizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604038
Hong Kong SAR (HKSAR) is a small and open economy, and a major international financial center with extensive linkages to Mainland China. Over the past two years, Hong Kong SAR's economy and financial sector were adversely impacted by domestic social unrest, US-China tensions, and the global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604066
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604213
This Selected Issues paper on Nepal measures the extent to which Nepal's households change their expenditure patterns and labor supply in response to remittances, using the Nepal Household Risk and Vulnerability Survey-2016 and employing a propensity score matching method. This study provides...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249352
This Selected Issues paper examines the degree to which inflation co-moves between India and a panel of countries in Asia. The paper shows that the considerable co-movement in headline inflation rates between India and Nepal is driven almost exclusively by food-inflation co-movement. By...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986827
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013263988
This paper summarizes recent developments in the relationships between the IMF, member countries, and commercial banks, with specific reference to five European countries. The paper also highlights that Better assessment of trends in the market and of the attitude of commercial banks toward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014405248