Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Stress Testing Methodology and Results
IMF Staff Country Reports, June 14, 2006
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Bibliographic details
- Published: June 14, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451812190.002
Purpose and scope
- Presents a description of the stress test exercises for Spain’s banking and insurance systems.
- Exercises carried out in the context of the Financial Sector Assessment Program with the aim of assessing the resilience of the financial system to key risks.
- Describes the coverage of the exercises, the risks considered, the magnitude of the shocks to the risk factors, the models and instruments, and the results.
- Presents the stress test methodology and the stress tests for the banking system and insurance.
Major themes covered
- Coverage of the stress test exercises for banking and insurance sectors.
- Risks considered, including credit risk, market risk, interest rate risk, equity price risk, housing prices, lapse risk, and persistency risk.
- Magnitude of shocks applied to risk factors.
- Models and instruments used to implement stress tests.
- Results of the stress test exercises and assessments of resilience.
Methodology
- Describes the stress test methodology used in the Financial Sector Assessment Program for Spain.
- Includes approaches to sensitivity analysis and regulatory capital assessment.
- Addresses modeling of credit risk and market risk, including discount rate and equity price risk considerations.
Banking system stress tests
- Contains the stress tests applied to the banking system (methodology and results).
- Evaluates credit risk exposure of credit institutions and the impact of housing prices on bank portfolios.
- Assesses regulatory capital adequacy under specified shocks.
Insurance sector stress tests
- Contains the stress tests applied to the insurance sector (methodology and results).
- Addresses lapse risk and persistency risk as part of insurance-sector vulnerabilities.
Risks, shocks, and instruments
- Identifies key macro-financial and market risk factors stressed, including house price shocks and interest rate movements.
- Specifies the magnitude of shocks to risk factors (as described in the report).
- Details instruments and model frameworks used for scenario and sensitivity analysis.
Outputs and deliverables
- Full report length: 48 pages.
- Publication identifiers: Volume: 2006; Issue: 216; Series: Country Report No. 2006/216; Stock No: 1ESPEA2006007; ISBN: 9781451812190; ISSN: 1934-7685; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451812190.002
International Monetary Fund. "Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Stress Testing Methodology and Results", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 216 (2006).