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Title Paraguay : financial system stability assessment : update / prepared by the Monetary and Capital Markets and Western Hemisphere Depts
Published Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (52 pages)
Series IMF country report ; no. 11/198
IMF country report ; no. 11/198.
Contents Cover; Contents; Glossary; Executive Summary; Tables; 1. Main Recommendations; I. Financial System Structure and Recent Macroeconomic and Financial Trends; 2. Banks' Aggregate Balance Sheet; 3. Financial System Structure; Figures; 1. Evolution of Credit and Deposits by Currency and; II. Macroeconomic Risks and Financial Institutions' Soundness; A. Macroeconomic Risks; 4. Deposit Distribution by Size and Maturity; 2. Recent Developments in Credit Growth and Monetary; B. Financial Soundness Indicators and Stress Tests for Banks; 3. Banking Credit to the Private Sector by Sectors; Boxes
1. The Quality of Bank Capital and Basel II5. Stress Tests for Banks-Summary Results; C. Financial Soundness Indicators and Stress Tests for S&L Cooperatives; 4. Evolution of NPLs in Banks and Cooperatives; III. Monetary Policy, Market Infrastructure, and Systemic Liquidity management; 5. Liquidity Holding by Banks; 6. Key Interest Rates in Guarani and U.S. Dollars; IV. Financial Sector Oversight; A. The Regulation and Supervision of Banks; B. The Regulation and Supervision of Cooperatives; V. Financial Safety Net; A. Crisis Management Framework; B. Crisis Preparedness Framework
7. Cross Country Comparison of Deposit Insurance8. Deposit Insurance Coverage; C. Cooperatives; D. Coordinating Arrangements Among Supervisors and to Preserve Financial Stability; VI. Other Financial Intermediaries, Financial Infrastructure and Developmental Issues; A. Other Financial Intermediaries; B. Financial Infrastructure; C. Developmental Issues; 6. Selected Economic Indicators; 7. Financial Soundness Indicators-Banks; 8. Financial Soundness Indicators-Finance Companies; 9. Financial Soundness Indicators-S&L Cooperatives Type A; 9. Comparative Financial Soundness Indicators; Appendices
Summary Most banks in Paraguay appear resilient to shocks, although the exposure to large borrowers is high. The mission strongly recommends the adoption of measures that would moderate credit growth and induce financial institutions to build cushions that can protect them and their clients from a sudden reversal of conditions. Paraguay's banking system safety net is well developed. To start building a strong macroprudential policy framework, Executive Directors recommend improving coordination and information sharing among all agencies responsible for financial stability and financial sector oversigh
Notes "July 2011."
Online resource; title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed September 23, 2011)
Subject International Monetary Fund -- Paraguay
SUBJECT International Monetary Fund fast
Subject Finance -- Paraguay
Financial institutions -- State supervision -- Paraguay
Insurance -- State supervision -- Paraguay
Finance
Financial institutions -- State supervision
Insurance -- State supervision
Paraguay
Form Electronic book
Author International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department.
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department.
ISBN 9781463900953
1463900953
1463900937
9781463900939
9781462321384
1462321380
Other Titles Paraguay, financial system stability assessment