Developments in Financial Supervision and the Use of Macroprudential Measures in Central America

Author/Editor:

Mynor Meza ; Fernando L Delgado

Publication Date:

December 1, 2011

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Improvements in financial regulation and supervision in the Central American region (CAPDR) have strengthened financial stability. Prudential instruments with potential macroeconomic effects have been introduced. Nonetheless, compared with the larger Latin American and selected industrial countries, there is still important scope for CAPDR to enhance financial supervision and regulation. Based on two surveys, and the analysis of the Basel Core Principles, the paper determines that some weaknesses exist in risk-based supervision, and that macroprudential measures have scarcely been deployed.

Series:

Working Paper No. 2011/299

Subject:

English

Publication Date:

December 1, 2011

ISBN/ISSN:

9781463927851/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA2011299

Pages:

29

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