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loans are. The chapter is organized as follows: section II.B discusses credit developments in the last decade and factors …-country experiences with policy responses to rapid credit growth of foreign currency credit and discuss recent policy measures taken in …
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procyclicality of bank credit dynamics to the private sector and contain systemic risk. Reserve requirements, in particular, have … new cross-country evidence on how they influence real private bank credit growth. Our results show that these instruments …
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Lebanon’s credit growth in 2008–10 has been concentrated in trade and services, household loans, and the construction … in 2008 led to a rebound in economic activity that, together with a real estate boom, fueled credit demand …
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Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their shares of world markets. The empirical analysis shows that over the period 1994–2004, quality and technology upgrading associated with the...
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The Selected Issues paper of Lebanon provides an update of the vulnerability assessment based on the balance sheet approach. It explores the interest rate determination, the strength of the link to international interest rates, and exposure to international interest rate shocks, summarizes the...
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This note reviews some concepts of global liquidity and discusses measurement approaches that have been used by various interlocutors, including at the BIS, by Fund staff, and in academia. Some measures that could be regularly monitored by policy makers are presented
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micro-entrepreneurs, with credit unions providing mostly consumer finance and an underdeveloped microfinance sector. The … authorities aim to develop a micro-credit act to make it mandatory for multilateral investment funds (MIFs) to register, and to … sufficient coordination, and the partial credit guarantee scheme needs to be revamped. It also operates a partial credit …
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This paper presents key findings of Norway’s Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, and Payment Systems. Norway’s financial system appears sound and well managed. Short-term...
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The German financial system is complex and highly diversified. The second most important class of financial institutions is insurance and pension companies. Germany has taken steps to enhance accounting and auditing practices and to align corporate governance with best international practices....
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growth can be sustained over the medium term only with a revitalization of structural reforms. The rapid growth in credit to …
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