The IMF has had extensive involvement in the stress testing of financial systems in its member countries. This book … presents the methods and models that have been developed by IMF staff over the years and that can be applied to the gamut of …

empirical focus is on the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The dissertation shows that political interests influence the IMF …'s decision-making and that IMF programs have important economic effects on sovereign creditworthiness and income inequality … Decision-Making in International Financial Institutions; Chapter 3: Stigma or Cushion? IMF Programs and Sovereign …

In January 2007 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published, on an ad hoc basis, a series of financial soundness … indicators (FSIs) based on a common methodology (the IMF compilation Guide) for 62 countries, including all 27 European Union … the development of this IMF initiative in the context of its own work on compiling macro-prudential indicators (MPIs). The …