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Rwanda; Second and Third Reviews Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, and Request for Addit...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
Rwanda’s Second and Third Reviews under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and request for Waiver of Performance Criteria are discussed. After an extended period characterized by a strong expansion of economic activity, real GDP growth is estimated by IMF staff to have slowed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825455
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The Case for a European Banking Charter
Cihák, Martin; Decressin, Jörg - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
regimes--a European Banking Charter (EBC)--could harness market forces to establish a level playing field for financial sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825634
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Procyclicality and Fair Value Accounting
Scarlata, Jodi G.; Sole, Juan; Novoa, Alicia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
In light of the uncertainties about valuation highlighted by the 2007-2008 market turbulence, this paper provides an empirical examination of the potential procyclicality that fair value accounting (FVA) could introduce in bank balance sheets. The paper finds that, while weaknesses in the FVA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825915
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Financial Infrastructure, Group Interests, and Capital Accumulation; Theory, Evidence, and Policy
Bossone, Biaggio; Mahajan, Sandeep; Zahir, Farah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
infrastructure promotes financial market growth, reduces the scope of traditional banking, and helps investors make more efficient … investment decisions. The theory presented explains why traditional banking predominates in the early stages of economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826055
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Should Banks Be Narrowed?
Bossone, Biaggio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
financial debates and research. Narrow banking would prevent deposit-issuing banks from lending to the private sector and … restrict nonbank intermediaries from funding investments with demand deposits. Proponents of narrow banking defend it as a step … narrow banking with contemporary banking theories, and evaluates the potential consequences of narrow banking on finance and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826230
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In Finance, Size Matters
Lee, Jong-Kun; Bossone, Biaggio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
SSEs work their effects through the intermediaries and estimates such effects using a large banking data panel. The study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826361
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The Use of Blanket Guarantees in Banking Crises
Laeven, Luc; Valencia, Fabian - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
In episodes of significant banking distress or perceived systemic risk to the financial system, policymakers have often … restructuring programs and may increase moral hazard going forward. Using a sample of 42 episodes of banking crises, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826542
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Germany; Technical Note on Stress Testing
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This note summarizes the stress tests undertaken for the German banking system as part of the Financial Sector … Assessment Program (FSAP) update. Solvency tests for the German banking system assessed medium-term vulnerabilities under two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242747
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France; Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
The staff report gives details of some selected issues of France, namely its credit developments, systematic linkages of French banks, the need for a significant fiscal consolidation for macroeconomic stability, an update on the developments of France's external competitiveness, and also the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243808
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The Economic Crisis; Did Financial Supervision Matter?
Quintyn, Marc; Pansini, Rosaria Vega; Masciandaro, Donato - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The Asian financial crisis marked the beginning of worldwide efforts to improve the effectiveness of financial supervision. However, the crisis that started in 2007?08 was a crude awakening: several of these improvements seemed unable to avoid or mitigate the crisis. This paper brings the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370541