Japan: Financial System Stability Assessment

IMF Staff Country Reports, September 5, 2003

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• Published: September 5, 2003
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451820614.002

Executive summary

• The Japanese financial sector remains weak notwithstanding a series of policy measures.
• The Financial System Stability Assessment assesses Japan's financial stability and structural changes in the deflationary, banking sector, life insurance, corporate sector, and the supervisory, transparency, and market integrity framework.
• The assessment analyzes macroeconomic development, policies, and the financial system, and assesses the operations of government financial institutions and household sectors.
• The report reviews the assessment of the Basel core principle for effective banking supervision on the basis of the core principles methodology.

Major findings and areas of analysis

• Banking sector: structural changes and ongoing weakness.
• Life insurance sector: structural assessment within the broader financial stability review.
• Corporate sector: analysis of corporate balance sheets and related vulnerabilities.
• Supervisory, transparency, and market integrity framework: evaluation of oversight and disclosure practices.
• Government financial institutions: assessment of operations and role in the financial system.
• Household sector: analysis of household balance sheets and implications for stability.
• Basel core principles: review conducted using the core principles methodology.

Subjects and keywords

• Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial stability assessment, Insurance, Insurance companies, Loans
• Keywords: Asia and Pacific, bank, bank capital, central bank, city bank, Commercial banks, CR, Financial stability assessment, Insurance, Insurance companies, ISCR, loan, Loans, long-term credit, loss, market risk stress shock, shareholder equity

Source: IMF Staff Country Reports — Japan: Financial System Stability Assessment (September 5, 2003).

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