restructuring following the global financial crisis. FCs operated in multiple streams of the financial sector, especially in banking …

the banking and insurance sectors of Belgium since 2006. The Belgian financial system is relatively large with solid … links between banks and the Belgian sovereign have intensified owing to the crisis, with total exposure of the banking … sector to the federal government at 10 percent of banking sector assets in mid-2012. …

The Belgium Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) stress testing exercise examines a financial sector that remains … in a state of transformation. Domestic economic challenges remain sources of continued uncertainty as the banking sector … funding shocks under different macroeconomic scenarios were assessed. Both banking and insurance tests underscore the …

with the Basel Core Principles (BCPs) for effective banking supervision. The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) deploys high …

The ability of the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) to provide emergency liquidity assistance to solvent but temporarily …

The 2014 Article IV Consultation discusses economic developments and policies in Belgium. It highlights that despite … its resilience, the Belgium economy has been losing competitiveness due to higher labor cost and lower productivity … regulatory frameworks are being strengthened with a new draft banking law that restrains trading activities and improves the …