Release Date: October, 2013

The October 2013 Global Financial Stability Report examines current risks facing the global financial system at it undergoes a series of transitions along the path toward greater financial stability. more...

Release Date: July, 2012

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Release Date: April, 2012

Author/Editor: Gianni De Nicoló, Andrea Gamba, Marcella Lucchetta.

Release Date: March, 2012

This paper studies the impact of bank regulation and taxation in a dynamic model with banks exposed to credit and liquidity risk. We find an inverted U-shaped relationship between capital more...

Author/Editor: Vanessa Le Leslé, Sofiya Avramova.

Release Date: March, 2012

In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the more...

Author/Editor: Martin Goetz, Luc Laeven, Ross Levine.

Release Date: February, 2012

This paper assesses the impact of the geographic diversification of bank holding company (BHC) assets across the United States on their market valuations. Using two novel identification strategies more...

Author/Editor: Mynor Meza, Fernando L Delgado.

Release Date: December, 2011

Improvements in financial regulation and supervision in the Central American region (CAPDR) have strengthened financial stability. Prudential instruments with potential macroeconomic effects have more...

Release Date: November, 2011

Release Date: August, 2011

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff more...

Release Date: August, 2011

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff more...

Release Date: August, 2011

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Release Date: July, 2011

Author/Editor: Ouarda Merrouche, Erlend Nier.

Release Date: November, 2010

This paper investigates empirically the drivers of financial imbalances ahead of the global financial crisis. Three factors may have contributed to the build-up of financial imbalances: (i) rising more...

Release Date: December, 2009

This paper discusses key findings of the Seventh Review Under the Policy Support Instrument for Cape Verde. All assessment criteria were met with a margin, and all but three structural benchmarks more...

Author/Editor: Nathan Porter, TengTeng Xu.

Release Date: September, 2009

Interest rates in China comprise a mix of both market determined interest rates (interbank rates and bond yields), and regulated interest rates (lending and deposit rates), reflecting China's gradual more...

Release Date: July, 2008

This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that problems in the housing and financial markets over the past year have combined to slow the United States' economy substantially. As the residential more...

Release Date: August, 2007

The size and sources of international spillovers of activity remain subject to significant uncertainty. This Selected Issues paper uses a new approach to differentiating these effects using more...