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Bank Efficiency and Market Structure; What Determines Banking Spreads in Armenia?
Floerkemeier, Holger; Dabla-Norris, Era - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Despite far-reaching banking sector reforms and a prolonged period of macroeconomic stability and strong economic … potential to increase cost efficiency and competition in the banking system. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768878
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Macroeconomic Implications of Financial Dollarization; The Case of Uruguay
Gelos, Gaston; Mejía, Alejandro López; Piñón-Farah, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
direct bearing on the ongoing efforts to move toward a fully fledged inflation-targeting regime and develop interest rates as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245904
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People’s Republic of China; Detailed Assessment Report: Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
A detailed assessment report on the observance of China’s compliance of Basel Core Principles for effective banking … supervision is presented. Regulation and supervision of China’s banking system has made impressive progress in the past few … years, led by an activist, forward-looking regulator, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, with a clear safety and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245556
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Financial Development in the CIS-7 Countries; Bridging the Great Divide
Nicoló, Gianni De; Geadah, Sami; Rozhkov, Dmitriy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
lead to a combination of low depositor trust in the banking system and high credit risk. High credit risk stems mainly from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769143
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Issues in Managing and Sequencing Financial Sector Reforms Lessons From Experiences in Five Developing Countries
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 1992
A review of the experience of five developing countries in reforming their financial systems illustrates the benefits and risks, and provides lessons on the factors which contribute to successful financial sector reforms. Financial sector reforms need to be supported by active monetary policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825950
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Italy; Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in … the Italian banking sector has intensified in loan and deposit markets in recent years, but banks still operate in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769248
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Banking Spreads in Latin America
Gelos, Gaston - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
intermediation, such as inflation and bank profit taxation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769198
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The Monetary Policy Regime and Banking Spreads in Barbados
Valderrama, Laura; Samuel, Wendell A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The paper analyzes the determinants of banking spreads in Barbados, with a view to identifying the role of the monetary … suggested by its macroeconomic performance. Banking concentration and bank-specific variables, including bank size and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599356
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Banking Structure and Credit Growth in Central and Eastern European Countries
Aydin, Burcu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Recent developments have increased questions about vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) that are experiencing credit booms. This paper analyzes the role of foreign-owned banks in these credit booms. The results show that the CEE countries depend on foreign banks, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769320
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351