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Kuwait; Financial System Stability Assessment: Update
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
significant shocks. The Central Bank of Kuwait's (CBK) well-designed framework for banks has proven effective in shielding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244313
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Luxembourg; Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Luxembourg
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The staff report for the 2010 Article IV Consultation underlies a thorough and objective view of the macroeconomic situation in Luxembourg and the challenges the economy is facing. The country’s enviable position of public finances at the onset of the crisis provided the space to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244920
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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245902
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Assessing and Managing Rapid Credit Growth and the Role of Supervisory and Prudential Policies
Pazarbasioglu, Ceyla; Johnsen, Gudrun; Hilbers, Paul … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
This paper reviews trends in bank lending to the private sector, with a particular focus on Central and Eastern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263910
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Financial Sector Reforms and Prospects for Financial Integration in Maghreb Countries
Sole, Juan; Sensenbrenner, Gabriel; Tahari, Amor; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
A healthy and dynamic financial sector is essential to achieving high and sustainable economic growth in the Maghreb region-Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Financial integration within the Maghreb region will help deepen financial markets, increase their efficiency, and enhance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825882
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Distress in European Banks; An Analysis Basedon a New Dataset
Poghosyan, Tigran; Cihák, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
identified late, solutions are much more costly. Until recently, Europe has seen only a small number of outright bank failures …, which made the estimation of early warning models for bank supervision very difficult. This paper presents a unique database … of individual bank distress across the European Union from mid-1990s to 2008. Using this data set, we analyze the causes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826186
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Algeria; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency and B...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
financial policy transparency and banking supervision. Financial intermediation in Algeria will be bank-based in the future, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768650
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Financial Soundness Indicators; Analytical Aspects and Country Practices
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2002
The financial turmoil of the late 1990s prompted a broad search for tools and techniques for detecting and preventing financial crises, and more recent episodes of instability have high lighted the importance of continuous monitoring of financial systems as a tool for preventing crises. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590915
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Bank Capital; Lessons From the Financial Crisis
Merrouche, Ouarda; Detragiache, Enrica; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
Using a multi-country panel of banks, we study whether better capitalized banks experienced higher stock returns during the financial crisis. We differentiate among various types of capital ratios: the Basel risk-adjusted ratio; the leverage ratio; the Tier I and Tier II ratios; and the tangible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777012
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Leaning Against the Wind and the Timing of Monetary Policy
Agur, Itai; Demertzis, Maria - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
as soon as bank risk appetite heats up. Within this shorter time span, cuts must then be deeper than otherwise to also … achieve standard objectives. Finally, we analyze how robust this result is to the presence of a bank regulatory tool, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123848