Financial Soundness Indicators : Analytical Aspects and Country Practices

 
 
Publication Date: April 08, 2002
 
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Summary: The financial turmoil of the late 1990s prompted a broad search for tools and techniques for detecting and preventing financial crises, and more recent episodes of instability have high lighted the importance of continuous monitoring of financial systems as a tool for preventing crises. This paper looks at the development of measures of financial sector soundness and of methods to analyze them. The authors propose two sets of financial soundness indicators that are considered useful for periodic monitoring, and for compilation and dissemination efforts by national authorities. They highlight the substantial advance made in recent years in measuring and analyzing financial soundness indicators, and specify areas where more work is needed.
 
Series: Occasional Paper No. 212
Subject(s): Economic conditions

 
English
Publication Date: April 08, 2002
ISBN/ISSN: 9781589060869/0251-6365 Format: Paper
Stock No: S212EA0000000 Pages: 111
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