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Making the banking sector more resilient and reducing household debt in the Netherlands
Kierzenkowski, Rafał; Havrylchyk, Olena; Beynet, Pierre - 2014
Dutch banks were put under heavy strains early in the global downturn and have comparatively weak financial buffers to cope with new shocks. Falling house prices have increased the share of households with negative home equity to nearly 35% for home-owning households and 40% for mortgage...
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Financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific
Messy, Flore-Anne; Monticone, Chiara - 2016
A number of factors and trends have driven the development of financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific in recent years. In some countries and economies, the development of financial education policies has been mostly spurred by high levels of financial exclusion, both among...
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The importance of technology in banking during a crisis
Pierri, Niccola; Timmer, Yannick - 2021
We study the implications of information technology (IT) in banking for financial stability, using data on US banks' IT …
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What drives bank coverage ratios : evidence from the euro area
Alessi, Lucia; Bruno, Brunella; Carletti, Elena; … - 2019
We analyse micro and macro drivers of coverage ratios in a cross–country sample of euro area banks. Among the former, we find that coverage ratios increase with the reliance on deposit funding and when asset quality is very poor. Among the latter, coverage ratios increase with GDP growth and...
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Bank asset quality and monetary policy pass-through
Byrne, David; Kelly, Robert - 2019
The funding mix of European firms is weighted heavily towards bank credit, which underscores the importance of efficient pass-through of monetary policy actions to lending rates faced by firms. Euro area pass-through has shifted from being relatively homogenous to being fragmented and incomplete...
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Resolving a non-performing loan crisis : the ongoing case of the Irish mortgage market
McCann, Fergal - 2018
The Irish banking system has in recent years experienced a large build-up in Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) during the …
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Deleveraging : challenges, progress and policies
Bouis, Romain; Christensen, Ane K.; Cournède, Boris - 2013
In the run-up to the financial crisis, indebtedness of households and non-financial businesses rose to historically high levels in many OECD countries; gross debt of financial companies rose dramatically relative to GDP. Much of the debt accumulation appears to have been based on excessive...
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North Korea : the last transition economy?
Koen, Vincent; Beom, Jinwoan - 2020
of trade with China became less friendly. Today, GDP in North Korea is reportedly lower than in 1990, notwithstanding a …
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The transition of China to sustainable growth : implications for the global economy and the euro area
Dieppe, Alistair (ed.); Gilhooly, Robert (ed.);  … - 2018
China's rise has been the economic success story of the past four decades but economic growth has been slowing and … domestic imbalances have widened. This paper analyses the recent evolution of China's imbalances, the risks they pose to the … economic outlook and the potential impact of a transition to sustainable growth in China on the global and euro area economies …
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Agricultural reforms and bridging the gap for rural China
Westmore, Ben - 2015
Urbanisation will continue in China, with the government planning to grant urban residential status to an additional … helping bridge the gap in living standards between urban and rural China. Reforms should further enable farmers who wish to … Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of China www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-china.htm …
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