Author: Statistics Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: guides, manuals, indicators, soundness, financial
Number of Pages: 290
Published: 2006-04-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 1589063856
ISBN-13: 9781589063853

Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) are calculated and disseminated for the purpose of supporting macroprudential analysis - the assessment and surveillance of the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems - with a view to strengthening financial stability and limiting the likelihood of financial crises. "The Compilation Guide" is intended to assist data compilers and to encourage their cross-country comparison. These measures of the current health and soundness of a country’s financial institutions, and their corporate and household counterparts, include both aggregated indiv

Author: Statistics Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: guide, compilation, indicators, soundness, financial
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2007-01
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 1589063988
ISBN-13: 9781589063983

Authors:Carl-Johan Lindgren, Gillian Garcia, Matthew I. Sa
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: policy, macroeconomic, soundness, bank
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 1996-06-01
List price: $23.50
ISBN-10: 155775599X
ISBN-13: 9781557755995

Authors:Charles Enoch, John H. Green,
Publisher: Intl Monetary Fund
Keywords: experiences, global, economy, issues, policy, soundness, monetary, banking
Number of Pages: 542
Published: 1997-01
List price: $29.50
ISBN-10: 1557756457
ISBN-13: 9781557756459

Banking sector problems have affected many IMF member countries, and measures to remedy these problems as well as to prevent their recurrence deeply concern central bankers and policymakers. The papers and comments published in this volume were presented at the Seventh Seminar on Central Banking sponsored by the IMF. The topics discussed include banking soundness and the macro economy, prudential standards, the role of the central bank during problems of banking soundness, and bank restructuring.

Authors:Thomas C. Glaessner, Tom Kellermann, Valerie McNevin
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Keywords: world, bank, working, papers, new, finance, safety, soundness, securing, electronic
Number of Pages: 184
Published: 2004-02-20
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 082135759X
ISBN-13: 9780821357590

Electronic Safety and Soundness and its technical annexes identify and discuss four key pillars that are necessary to foster a secure electronic environment and the safety and soundness of financial systems worldwide. The detailed annexes of this monograph are relevant for chief information and security officers and others who are responsible for securing network systems. First, the monograph defines electronic finance and electronic security (e-security) and explains why these areas require attention. Next, it presents a picture of the emerging global security industry. Then, it develops a

Authors:V. Sundararajan, Charles Enoch, Armida San Jose,
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: practices, imf, occasional, papers, country, aspects, soundness, indicators, analytical, financial
Number of Pages: 111
Published: 2002-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1589060865
ISBN-13: 9781589060869

Authors:Owen Evans, Alfredo M. Leone, Mahinder Gill, Paul Hil
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Keywords: paper, international, monetary, fund, occasional, soundness, indicators, financial, system, macroprudential
Number of Pages: 49
Published: 2000-04
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1557758913
ISBN-13: 9781557758910

Following the severe financial crises of the 1990s, identifying and assessing financial sector vulnerabilities has become a key priority of the international community. The costly disruptions in global markets underscored the need to establish a set of monitorable variables for evaluating strengths and weaknesses in financial institutions and to alert authorities of impending problems. These variables, indicators of financial system health and stability known collectively as "macroprudential indicators," are the subject of this Occasional Paper by the Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department a