Sweden: Financial Sector Stability Assessment

IMF Staff Country Reports, July 13, 2011

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• Published: July 13, 2011
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781462300198.002

Summary findings and analysis

• The impact of the financial crisis on Sweden’s economy and financial sector is analyzed.
• From the financial stability analysis:
  • Banks are resilient to credit risk.
  • Banks could face difficulties with respect to liquidity risk.
• The frameworks of international reserve management and Riksbanken’s (RB’s) are reviewed by authorities.
• The existing framework is augmented by the high-level systemic financial stability council (SFSC) to coordinate financial stability policies and actions.
• The authorities will strengthen the Finansinspektionen (FI)'s resources and legal frameworks for bank resolution and security markets.

Subject areas and keywords

• Subject: Banking, Credit, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Insurance companies, Loans, Money, Stress testing
• Keywords: Baltics, bank, bank loss, bank subsidiary, capital level, CR, Credit, equity capital, Global, handling bank resolution, Insurance companies, ISCR, loan, loan loss, loan portfolio, Loans, market, market confidence, public funds, Riksbank, Stress testing, support authority

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• Sweden: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 11/172; June 23, 2011
  • Sweden: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 11/172; June 23, 2011 (Markdown version)
  • Sweden: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 11/172; June 23, 2011 (PDF)