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Qatar; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This 2011 Article IV Consultation highlights that Qatar is using its fiscal space, generated from an increase in hydrocarbon production and prices, to implement a large public spending program. Large infrastructure investments are expected to sustain strong growth of 9 percent to 10 percent in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242620
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Sweden; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note on Stress Testing of the Banking Sector
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Although Sweden has recovered from the financial crisis, authorities have already initiated exit measures from crisis response policies. The Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update undertook a financial stability analysis of the banking sector, including a comprehensive stress-testing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244366
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Cyprus; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: Measuring Banking Stability in Cyprus
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Various indicators place Cyprus’s banking system soundness ahead of emerging countries but behind advanced economies. This report discusses financial sector stability in Cyprus, using a combination of accounting-based and market-based indicators, and stress tests. Cypriot commercial banks...
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Financial Stability Reports:What Are they Good for?
Muñoz, Sònia; Jahjah, Samir; Cihák, Martin; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
The global financial crisis has renewed policymakers' interest in improving the policy framework for financial stability, and an open question is to what extent and in what form should financial stability reports be part of it. We examine the recent experience with central banks' financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401194
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Post-Crisis Bank Behavior; Lessons From Mercosur
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Did the occurrence of systemic banking crises in the 1990s and 2000s significantly alter the behavior of banks in the Mercosur? The objective of this paper is to answer this question by analyzing changes in bank behavior after crises in the Mercosur region. To our knowledge, this is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561078
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Iceland; Staff Report for Second Review Under Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Extension of the Arrangement, Rephasing of Access and Establishment of Performance Criteria.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
This report discusses Iceland’s Second Review under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Extension of the Arrangement. Supportive fiscal policies have helped consumption hold up better than expected, while the external sector has benefited from currency depreciation and higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245244
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States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy: Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Risk Perspectives
Egger, Peter H.; Afonso, Antonio; Jalles, Joao Tovar; … - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium “States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy” at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
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Balance Sheet Vulnerabilities of Mauritius During a Decade of Shocks
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
After reviewing the economic reform strategy of Mauritius for the past 10 years in the face of several external shocks, we apply a balance sheet analysis (BSA) focusing on currency, maturity, and intersectoral mismatches. In reviewing developments over this decade, we find that the currency and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560418
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Sovereign Default Risk and Private Sector Access to Capital in Emerging Markets
Das, Udaibir S.; Papaioannou, Michael G.; Trebesch, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Top down spillovers of sovereign default risk can have serious consequences for the private sector in emerging markets. This paper analyzes the effects of these spillovers using firm-level data from 31 emerging market economies. We assess how sovereign risk affects corporate access to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561075
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From Bear Stearns to Anglo Irish; How Eurozone Sovereign Spreads Related to Financial Sector Vulnerability
Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
eurozone. Following the onset of the subprime crisis in July 2007, spreads rose but mainly on account of common global factors …. Sovereign spreads of a eurozone country tended to rise when the prospects of its domestic financial sector worsened. It appears …: sovereign spreads throughout the eurozone jumped, with the jump emphasizing the differentiation by financial sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008528652