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Quantitative Assessment of the Financial Sector; An Integrated Approach
Worrell, DeLisle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper suggests a strategy designed to make best use of the available quantitative techniques of financial sector assessment. It incorporates early warning systems, financial sector forecasts, stress tests for systemically important financial institutions, interbank contagion analysis, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263950
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Central Bank Involvement in Banking Crises in Latin America
Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
arrangements were in place, which highlights the importance of building a suitable framework for preventing and managing banking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264086
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Financial System Soundness in the Caribbean; An Initial Assessment
Cherebin, Desiree; Worrell, DeLisle; Polius, Tracy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
A survey of the financial systems of Caribbean countries reveals systems dominated by banks, with services widely available. Jamaica is the only country to have experienced a financial crisis. The paper describes recent improvements in the regulatory framework, and examines factors, which affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768880
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Decomposing Financial Risks and Vulnerabilities in Eastern Europe
Worrell, DeLisle; Maechler, Andrea M.; Mitra, Srobona - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
banking stability in the ten countries that joined the European Union most recently, and eight neighboring countries. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769124
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The Late 1990's Financial Crisis in Ecuador; Institutional Weaknesses, Fiscal Rigidities, and Financial Dollarization At Work
Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
respond in a timely manner and efficiently enough to prevent the escalation of the banking crisis and spurred the adoption of … suboptimal policy decisions. Public finance rigidities limited the government's capacity to correct existing imbalances and the … triple banking, currency, and fiscal crisis. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769178
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Building Blocks for Effective Macroprudential Policies in Latin America; Institutional Considerations
Imam, Patrick A.; Nier, Erlend; Jácome, Luis Ignacio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
An increasing number of countries - including in Latin America - are reforming their financial stability frameworks in the aftermath of the financial crisis, in order to establish a stronger macroprudential policy function. This paper analyzes existing arrangements for financial stability in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242254
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Stressing to Breaking Point; Interpreting Stress Test Results
Worrell, DeLisle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
This paper illustrates how stress tests of banking systems may be designed to evaluate banks' reaction to shocks of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242271