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population, appear to be fiscally unsustainable. The banking regulatory and supervisory framework is broadly adequate, although …
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banking system has weathered the global financial crisis relatively well. Executive Directors have noted that Panama is facing …
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The Selected Issue Paper discusses the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) balance sheet risks and policy implications. Despite increased profit allocations, SNB capital has not kept pace with its growing balance sheet. The paper also explores the empirical determinants of pressures on the Swiss...
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The economic slowdown as a result of the global crisis has been severe, and the recovery has not yet taken hold. Despite ample buffers, including large fiscal space and strong international reserves, the policy response to the crisis has been constrained. Inflation has resurfaced as a concern...
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recommendations of the 2004 FSAP. Many improvements have been made to bank and securities supervision. The banking sector as a whole …
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Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision and Insurance Regulation. Commercial banks are by far the dominant …
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This paper discusses the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria and Rephasing of the Program. The 2007 fiscal deficit target increased modestly to 1 percent of GDP. Taxes were cut and budget...
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The assessment of the implementation of the Basel Core Principles (BCP) was conducted for effective banking supervision … in Nigeria. The assessment team reviewed the legal framework for banking supervision and held extensive discussions with … of the supervisory capacity of Nigerian banking system supervisors. …
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Investment Company (IC) sector. Stress tests indicate that, in contrast to the ICs, the banking system could broadly withstand … banking sector from the crisis. It shows that the enactment of the capital market law is an important step toward the creation …
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This Technical Note analyzes crisis preparedness and management framework in Austria. The global crisis revealed weaknesses in Austria’s financial stability policy framework. Austria needs to put in place a special bank resolution regime to resolve problem banks in a manner that does not...
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