Malaysia: Financial Sector Assessment Program Banking System Spillovers-Technical Note
IMF Staff Country Reports, April 17, 2014
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- Published: April 17, 2014
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Summary / Focus
- This Technical Note focuses on banking system spillovers of Malaysia.
- The note examines:
- the presence of foreign banks and the potential for problems in other jurisdictions to spillover to Malaysia; and
- the overseas operations of Malaysian banks, which make their performance and solvency more exposed to economic and political developments abroad.
- A key facet of the current crisis is "serious problems in advanced economy banks," suggesting a role for spillovers from their claims on Malaysia.
Findings on foreign claims and trends
- Notwithstanding the Asian Financial Crisis, foreign claims of BIS-reporting banks on Malaysia have generally been on an increasing trend since the early 1990s.
Subject matter and keywords
- Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, Foreign currency exposure, Money
- Keywords: Asia and Pacific; bank; bank claim; Bank credit; bank expansion; bank exposure; bank share; Commercial banks; CR; East Asia; Europe; Eurozone bank; exposures to Malaysia; foreign bank; Foreign banks; Foreign currency exposure; Global; HSBC Holdings; ISCR; Malaysia; Malaysian bank; Singaporean bank; U.K. bank