Volume/Issue: 2016/75
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
March
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513524306.002
ISBN: 9781513524306
This paper discusses outlook and risk related to the economic development of India. The Indian economy is on a recovery path, supported by a large terms of trade gain (about 21/2 percent of GDP) and reduced externa...
Volume/Issue: 2015/255
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Serkan Arslanalp
, and
Yin Liao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
December
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513568560.001
ISBN: 9781513568560
In this paper, we develop a methodology to assess potential losses to the government that could arise from bank failures. The approach is intended to be simple, parsimonious, and used in real time. It generates an...
Volume/Issue: 2014/157
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Matteo Ghilardi
, and
Shanaka Peiris
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
August
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498365659.001
ISBN: 9781498365659
This paper develops an open-economy DSGE model with an optimizing banking sector to assess the role of capital flows, macro-financial linkages, and macroprudential policies in emerging Asia. The key result is that...
Volume/Issue: 2014/57
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484308257.002
ISBN: 9781484308257
This 2014 Article IV consultation highlights an expected slowdown of growth in India, to 4.6 percent this fiscal year, the lowest in a decade, reflecting global developments and domestic supply constraints. Headlin...
Volume/Issue: 2014/25
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Stijn Claessens
, and
Lev Ratnovski
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475597349.001
ISBN: 9781475597349
There is much confusion about what shadow banking is. Some equate it with securitization, others with non-traditional bank activities, and yet others with non-bank lending. Regardless, most think of shadow banking...
Volume/Issue: 2013/221
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jost Heckemeyer
, and
Ruud A. Mooij
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
October
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484330340.001
ISBN: 9781484330340
This paper explores whether corporate tax bias toward debt finance differs between banks and nonbanks, using a large panel of micro data. On average, it finds that there is no significant difference. The marginal t...
Volume/Issue: 2013/267
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
August
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484339787.002
ISBN: 9781484339787
This paper discusses the findings of the assessments on Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision in India. The Reserve Bank of India is to be commended for its tightly controlled regulatory and super...
Volume/Issue: 2012/326
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
December
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475555479.002
ISBN: 9781475555479
Nepal is a post-conflict state seeking to formalize democracy in a challenging environment. Significant headway toward a new state has been made since the 2006 peace accord. Progress on a range of technical issues...
Volume/Issue: 2011/334
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
November
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463925901.002
ISBN: 9781463925901
This technical note focuses on the stress testing exercise in 2010 for the financial sector assessment program based on the existing approaches of the Central Bank of Russia, as well as a separate bottom-up exercis...
Volume/Issue: 2011/125
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Natalia Tamirisa
,
Prakash Loungani
, and
Herman Stekler
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
June
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455263424.001
ISBN: 9781455263424
We document information rigidity in forecasts for real GDP growth in 46 countries over the past two decades. We investigate: (i) if rigidities are lower around turning points in the economy, such as in times of rec...