Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 774
Cover Image
Norway; 2011 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Norway
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Norway’s near-term macroeconomic priority is to reduce risks arising from high-household debt by tightening macroprudential standards for mortgage lending while undertaking tax reforms to gradually reduce incentives for excessive leverage. Creating a stronger institutional framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244493
Cover Image
New Zealand; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244786
Cover Image
Sweden; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Household Indebtedness: Implications for Financial Stability
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
As in other advanced economies, there has been a significant run-up of household debt in Sweden during the last two decades accompanied by rising housing prices, prompting concerns about sustainability and the implications for financial stability. The rise in household debt and the banking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244923
Cover Image
Denmark; Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: The Danish Mortgage Market: A Comparative Analysis
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This technical note presents a comparative analysis of the Danish Mortgage Market. It discusses the particularities of the regulatory framework of the Danish mortgage system. The note compares and contrasts mortgage financing in Denmark and in other European countries, looking both at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245042
Cover Image
Republic of Lithuania; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Technical Note-Insolvency and Creditor Rights Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Technical Note discusses key findings of the insolvency and creditor rights assessment for Lithuania. Lithuania has made significant progress in the field of creditor rights legislation and related institutions. Under the current legal framework, the creation and registration of secured...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245697
Cover Image
Foreclosure Mitigation Efforts in the United States; Approaches and Challenges
Klyuev, Vladimir; Kiff, John - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Home foreclosure rates have risen in the United States to the highest levels since the Great Depression. With house … projected to go even higher. While most of the time a foreclosure is a suboptimal resolution of a distressed mortgage, a number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245863
Cover Image
Housing and the economic recovery
Dudley, William C. - In: Speech (2012) Jan 6
Remarks at the New Jersey Bankers Association Economic Forum, Iselin, New Jersey.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416025
Cover Image
Summary of "subprime outcomes: risky mortgages, homeownership experiences, and foreclosures"
Gerardi, Kristopher; Shapiro, Adam Hale; Willen, Paul S. - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010724227
Cover Image
A regional look at the role of house prices and labor market conditions in mortgage default
Waddell, Sonya Ravindranath; Davlin, Anne; Prescott, … - In: Economic Quarterly (2011) 1Q, pp. 1-43
A linear fixed effects statistical model is used to study variations in foreclosure rates across metropolitan … do a remarkable job of capturing variation in foreclosure rates. We study the regional variation in foreclosure rates in …. Finally, the model is used to provide forecasts of foreclosure rates conditioned on possible paths of labor market conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010724752
Cover Image
Regional economy and housing update
Dudley, William - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2010
Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010724937