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Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in the Baltic States

April 28, 2003

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Capital Markets and Financial Intermediation in the Baltic States, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2003) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

This paper analyzes the capital markets and financial intermediation in the Baltic States. It provides a comprehensive overview of the structure and level of development of the financial system, discussing some of the unique characteristics of the Baltics, such as leasing; and comparing the structure of the Baltic financial systems to other European Union accession countries and/or euro zone averages, both of which serve as benchmarks. The paper also addresses some of the broader analytical questions concerning how the financial system might be developed in the Baltics.

Subject: Banking, Capital markets, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Securities markets, Stock markets

Keywords: Baltics, Bank financing, Bank ownership, Banking sector, Capital markets, Central bank, Commercial banks, CR, Credit crunch, Economic activity, Exchange rate, Financial sector development, Foreign currency, ISCR, Market capitalization, Parent bank, Parent company, Private sector, Secondary market, Securities markets, Stock markets, Venture capital, Yield curve

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    53

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2003/115

  • Stock No:

    1BLTEA0022003

  • ISBN:

    9781451805383

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685