Bosnia and Herzegovina: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Corporate Governance
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 17, 2006
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- Published: November 17, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804928.002
Economic growth
- Economic growth in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has been impressive with GDP.
Banking sector transformation and risks
- The dominance of foreign-owned bank subsidiaries has transformed the financial sector.
- This transformation has altered the risks to financial stability.
Supervision reforms and Basel Core Principles (BCP)
- Reforms should focus on strengthening banking supervision.
- Supervision should be adapted to the transformation of the financial system in line with recommendations in the Basel Core Principles (BCP) assessment.
Insurance sector
- Although the insurance sector is too small to be systemically important, unsettled conditions in the sector could weaken confidence in the financial system.
Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Balance of payments, Banking, Capital inflows, Credit, Credit risk, Financial institutions, Financial regulation and supervision, Foreign exchange, Loans, Money
- Keywords: bank, bank group, bank subsidiary, BiH, BiH authorities capacity, Capital inflows, CR, Credit, credit growth, Credit risk, Eastern Europe, excess reserves, FX, FX reserve, ISCR, loan, Loans, parent bank ROE projection
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- _cr06403 - Executive Summary