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The Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics

By Cornelis N Gorter, Adriaan M. Bloem

December 1, 2001

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Cornelis N Gorter, and Adriaan M. Bloem The Treatment of Nonperforming Loans in Macroeconomic Statistics, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed December 10, 2024
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Summary

This paper seeks to promote discussion on the treatment of nonperforming loans in macroeconomic statistics. After reviewing current recommendations in international statistical manuals and the guidelines provided by some main banking and accounting institutions, the paper recommends that the information on nonperforming loans provided by macroeconomic statistics should be expanded. The paper concludes with a list of issues that deserve further study.

Subject: Distressed assets, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Loans, National accounts, Nonperforming loans, Securities

Keywords: Amount, Debt, Distressed assets, Financial asset, General statistics, Item loan provision, Loan, Loan accounting, Loan portfolio, Loan provisioning, Loans, Nonperforming loans, Securities, Valuation rule, Value, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    18

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2001/209

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA2092001

  • ISBN:

    9781451874754

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941