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Cambodia has never officially adopted the U.S. dollar or other foreign currency as means for transaction, unit account or store of value. Yet, over the past decade, the country has become one of the most "dollarized" economies in the world. The objective of this study is to provide some insights...
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A new database for policy actions on housing markets covers 60 economies worldwide from January 1990 (or earliest date available) to June 2012. Policy actions are summarised by type, region, timing and direction. We suggest how the database might help policymakers and researchers to review what...
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If the criteria for an institution's success are diffusion and longevity, then central banking has been hugely successful. But if the criterion is the degree to which it has achieved its goals, then the evaluation has to be more nuanced. Historically, those goals have included a changing mix of...
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bank capital and therefore set the minimum capital-adequacy requirements for banks. The new Basel bank capital regime … the financial risk toolkit for practitioners. This risk modeling enhancement provides incentives for banks to upgrade … regulatory capital requirements for banks. For those locally-incorporated banks that have offshore banking operations, the …
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The global financial crisis in 2007 prompted policy makers to introduce a combination of bank regulation and macroprudential policies, including non-conventional monetary policies, such as interest on reserves and changes in required reserves. This paper examines how the combination of such...
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In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the role of monetary policy and macro-prudential regulation in promoting financial stability is under discussion. The old debate concerning whether monetary policy should respond to credit and asset price bubbles was revived, whereas macro-prudential...
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bank capital that is able to absorb losses of banks, without hindering the continued operations of banks. The qualitative … resolution nor do they relate to the additional capital requirements imposed on systematically important banks. They also are not … binding effects between banks and their shareholders and bond investors. Another topic addressed in this contribution concerns …
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The United States is now committed to using two relatively sophisticated approaches to measuring capital adequacy: Basel III and stress tests. This paper shows how stress testing could mitigate weaknesses in the way Basel III measures credit and interest rate risk, the way it measures bank...
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