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restructuring following the global financial crisis. FCs operated in multiple streams of the financial sector, especially in banking … and insurance. Owing to their economic reach and use of regulated and unregulated entities across sectoral boundaries, FCs …
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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. …
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funding shocks under different macroeconomic scenarios were assessed. Both banking and insurance tests underscore the … in a state of transformation. Domestic economic challenges remain sources of continued uncertainty as the banking sector …
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Countries vary widely with respect to the share of government spending on health, a metric that can serve as a proxy for the extent to which health is prioritized by governments. World Health Organization (WHO) data estimate that, in 2011, health's share of aggregate government expenditure in...
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Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic … banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone … but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking …
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Why are banking systems unstable in so many countries--but not in others? The United States has had twelve systemic … banking crises since 1840, while Canada has had none. The banking systems of Mexico and Brazil have not only been crisis prone … but have provided miniscule amounts of credit to business enterprises and households. Analyzing the political and banking …
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Sweden is one of the countries with the largest public fiscal intervention and narrowest income inequality in the world …
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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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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 IMF’s Executive Board completed the first review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement in June 2010 and decided that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) had reached the completion point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. In 2010, an...
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