Financial Stability Reports in Latin America and the Caribbean

IMF Working Papers, March 28, 2017

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• Authors: Cheng Hoon Lim, Alexander D Klemm, Sumiko Ogawa, Marco Pani, Claudio Visconti
• Published: March 28, 2017
• Series: IMF Working Papers
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475589597.001

Key findings and analysis

• Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now publish financial stability reports.
• Review of the latest issues assesses content, quality, and transparency.
• While some reports provide a strong analysis of risks and vulnerabilities, there are significant cross-country differences.
• Many reports could be improved by adopting a more comprehensive, forward-looking, and thematic assessment of financial stability.
• A well thought out communication strategy is important to enhance the impact of the reports, including:
  • a regular and predictable publication schedule, and
  • an easily accessible website.
• Data gaps, particularly at the disaggregated level, are material and need to be urgently addressed.

Policy recommendations and best practices

• Adopt a more comprehensive, forward-looking, and thematic assessment of financial stability.
• Strengthen communication strategies by ensuring:
  • regular and predictable publication schedules, and
  • easily accessible central bank/issuing authority websites for dissemination.
• Address material data gaps, with priority on disaggregated-level data to support analysis and transparency.

Subjects and analytical scope

• Subject areas covered: Banking; Economic sectors; Financial markets; Financial sector; Financial sector development; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability; Financial stability assessment; Stress testing.
• Keywords highlighted in the study: authority; Caribbean; central bank; central bank website; Colombia economy; dollarized economy; economy; Financial sector; Financial sector development; Financial sector stability; Financial stability assessment; Financial Stability Report; Financial Supervision; FSRs.; Global; issuing authority; risk exposure; Stress testing; U.K. financial system; WP.

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