Financial Sector Surveillance

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Financial Sector Surveillance (FSS)

Invitation

Session No.: CT 19.07

Location: Dalian, China

Date: June 17-28, 2019 (2 weeks)

Primary Language: English

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Target Audience

Junior to mid-level government officials tasked with surveillance of the financial sector, especially staff of the central bank, financial regulators, and other agencies that engage in macroprudential oversight.

Qualifications

Participants should have a degree in economics or finance, preferably at the master's level, or equivalent work experience; good quantitative skills; and proficiency in the use of computers to analyze data. It is strongly recommended that applicants complete the online Financial Market Analysis (FMAx) course before enrolling in this course. Because many of the workshops use Excel worksheets, familiarity with the basics of Excel is important.

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Course Description

This course, presented by the IMF Institute for Capacity Development, introduces participants to key concepts and tools used in the identification and assessment of financial sector vulnerabilities and sources of strength. The course materials provide a basic toolkit to assess financial sector risks and to measure them against existing capital and liquidity buffers in the financial system. The discussions focus on the early identification of unwarranted macro-financial imbalances and the analysis of the transmission of financial distress across institutions, markets, and economic sectors, with the objective of reducing the likelihood and the severity of financial crises. A combination of lectures and hands-on workshops allows participants to apply essential risk assessment techniques.

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Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

Measure the main risks facing banks (e.g., credit, market, funding) and use bank balance sheet indicators of financial soundness (e.g., asset quality, liquidity and capital buffers), such as IMF Financial Soundness Indicators, in assessing banking system risks.
Design and perform basic stress tests of solvency and liquidity and interpret the results.
Recognize the importance of nonbank financial intermediaries and their links to banks.
Assess macrofinancial linkages (e.g., the impact of business cycles on bank soundness), including the links between the financial sector, the government, and the real economy.
Track the buildup of systemic risk and vulnerabilities associated with credit, real estate prices, leverage, balance sheet mismatches, and interconnectedness.
Assess how shocks can amplify throughout the financial system, e.g., through adverse liquidity spirals a new approach to financial regulation since the global financial crisis.

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