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Growth at Risk: Concept and Application in IMF Country Surveillance

Author/Editor: Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Selim Elekdag, Phakawa Jeasakul, Romain Lafarguette, Adrian Alter, Alan Xiaochen Feng, Changchun Wang.

Release Date:February, 2019

The growth-at-risk (GaR) framework links current macrofinancial conditions to the distribution of future growth. Its main strength is its ability to assess the entire distribution of future GDP more...



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Macroprudential Policy and Financial Stability in the Arab Region

Author/Editor: Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Heba Abdel Monem, Pilar Garcia Martinez.

Release Date:May, 2016

Several characteristics of the structure of the Arab economies, their economic policy framework, and their banking systems make macroprudential policy a particular relevant tool. For most oil more...



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Monetary Operations and Islamic Banking in the GCC : Challenges and Options

Author/Editor: Ritu Basu, Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Sergio L. Rodriguez.

Release Date:November, 2015

The assessment provides evidence of market segmentation across Islamic and conventional banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), leading to excess liquidity, and an uneven playing field for more...



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Islamic Finance : Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Options

Author/Editor: Alfred Kammer, Mohamed Norat, Marco Pinon, Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Christopher M. Towe, Zeine Zeidane.

Release Date:April, 2015

The SDN discusses the main policy issues and challenges in building an inclusive and safe Islamic finance industry, with emphasis on Islamic banking and Sukuk markets. To this end, it discuses why more...



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Macroprudential Policy in the GCC Countries

Author/Editor: Zsofia Arvai, Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Kentaro Katayama.

Release Date:March, 2014

As undiversified commodity exporters, GCC economies are prone to pro-cyclical systemic risk in the financial system. During periods of high hydrocarbon prices, favorable economic prospects make the more...



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Monetary Policy Transmission in the GCC Countries

Author/Editor: Raphael A. Espinoza, Ananthakrishnan Prasad.

Release Date:May, 2012

The GCC countries maintain a policy of open capital accounts and a pegged (or nearly-pegged) exchange rate, thereby reducing their freedom to run an independent monetary policy. This paper shows, more...



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Nonperforming Loans in the GCC Banking System and their Macroeconomic Effects

Author/Editor: Raphael A Espinoza, Ananthakrishnan Prasad.

Release Date:October, 2010

According to a dynamic panel estimated over 1995 - 2008 on around 80 banks in the GCC region, the NPL ratio worsens as economic growth becomes lower and interest rates and risk aversion increase. Our more...



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Regional Financial Integration in the GCC

Author/Editor: Raphael A. Espinoza, Oral Williams, Ananthakrishnan Prasad.

Release Date:April, 2010

We investigate the extent of regional financial integration in the member countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The limited volume data available suggests that regional integration is more...



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Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and Challenges Ahead.

Author/Editor: May Y Khamis, Abdelhak S Senhadji, Gabriel Sensenbrenner, Francis Y Kumah, Maher Hasan, Ananthakrishnan Prasad.

Release Date:March, 2010

Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and Challenges Ahead. more...



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Oman: Banking Sector Resilience : Banking Sector Resilience

Author/Editor: Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Pierluigi Bologna.

Release Date:March, 2010

This note assesses the impact of the global financial risks on Oman's banking system and highlights the remaining risks. It concludes that the liquidity and prudential measures introduced by the more...



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