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United Kingdom; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This staff report on United Kingdom’s (UK) 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights economic policies and development. The UK economy grew by about ¼ percent in 2012. Net trade reduced growth by 0.6 percentage points of GDP, the biggest drag since 2005, and well above staff projections....
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European Union; Financial Sector Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The recent financial crises have underscored the need for the European Union (EU) to take a regional approach to financial stability. Preserving financial stability in such an environment requires a supranational oversight framework. Progress has been made toward stronger pan-European...
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Did the Basel Accord Cause a Credit Slowdown in Latin America?
Cosimano, Thomas F.; Chami, Ralph; Barajas, Adolfo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Drawing from a unique data set comprising 2,893 banks and 152 countries over the period 1987 to 2000, we test whether the adoption of the Basel Accord by Latin American and Caribbean countries was responsible for the serious slowdowns in credit growth experienced by these countries. We find...
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The Boom, Bust and Restructuring of Indonesian Banks
Pangestu, Mari; Habir, Manggi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
This paper studies why currency and monetary shock hit Indonesia's economy and banking sector so severely and the … measures that were taken to deal with the banking crisis, the lessons learned, and challenges faced in restructuring and … strengthening the banking system. The vulnerable state of the banking sector, in combination with exchange rate and interest rate …
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Bank Behavior in Response to Basel Iii; A Cross-Country Analysis
Cosimano, Thomas F.; Hakura, Dalia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
This paper investigates the impact of the new capital requirements introduced under the Basel III framework on bank lending rates and loan growth. Higher capital requirements, by raising banks’ marginal cost of funding, lead to higher lending rates. The data presented in the paper suggest...
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The SSM at 1
Laeven, Luc; Draghi, Mario; Dombret, Andreas R.; … - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum; Deutsche …; … - 2016
On 3 December EY hosted a SUERF conference on banking reform with Sir Howard Davies, the Chairman of RBS, and Dame … Colette Bowe, the Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, as the two keynote speakers. Professor David Miles (Imperial … College) gave the SUERF 2015 Annual Lecture on Capital and Banks. The conference focused on core aspects of banking reform …
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Banks' holdings of risky sovereign bonds in the absence of the nexus : yield seeking with central bank funding or de-risking?
Frey, Rainer; Weth, Mark - 2019
For the largest 55 German banks, we detect the presence of countercyclical yield seeking in the form of acquisition of high-yielding periphery bonds in the period from Q1 2008 to Q2 2011. This investment strategy is pursued by banks not subject to a bailout, banks characterised by high...
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Empirical assessment on financial regulations and banking sector performance
Igbinosa, S.; Ogbeide, Sunday; Akanji, Babatunde - In: Journal of central banking theory and practice 6 (2017) 3, pp. 143-155
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Crisis management at cross-roads : challenges facing cross-border financial institutions at the EU level : a joint publication with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Ayadi, Rym (ed.); Lierman, Frank (ed.); Balling, Morten (ed.) - Conference "Crisis Management at Cross-Roads" <2009, …; … - 2010
On 16th November 2009, SUERF, CEPS and the Belgian Financial Forum coorganized a conference "Crisis management at cross-roads" in Brussels. All papers in the present volume are based on contributions at the conference and the SUERF Annual Lecture which followed the event.
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Switzerland; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The Selected Issue Paper discusses the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) balance sheet risks and policy implications. Despite increased profit allocations, SNB capital has not kept pace with its growing balance sheet. The paper also explores the empirical determinants of pressures on the Swiss...
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