## Press Release–The IMF Upgrades Financial Soundness Indicators

_IMF News, February 3, 2022_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 3, 2022

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### Summary of the upgrade
- Press Release No. 22/20; February 3, 2022; IMF Communications Department.
- The IMF has upgraded its Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) database to fully reflect methodological improvements introduced in the 2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide (2019 FSIs Guide).
- The release of the new FSIs data and metadata covers over 140 jurisdictions.
- The original database was launched in 2007.
- The new FSI database and the 2019 FSIs Guide are available on the IMF’s FSI data portal.
- Contact for questions or comments: STAFSI@IMF.org.

### Major enhancements and coverage
- The new FSI database:
  - Enhances coverage and cross-country comparability following the more prescriptive approach of the 2019 FSIs Guide.
  - Incorporates a set of new indicators on concentration and distribution measures (CDMs), which provide information on tail risks, concentrations, and variations in distributions that are not directly captured by the aggregated averages.
  - Reflects the updated list of FSIs for banks (deposit takers) and an expanded list for nonbank financial institutions.
  - Focuses separately on nonbanks such as money market funds, insurance corporations, and pension funds.
  - Includes additional indicators for household and nonfinancial corporate sectors, reflecting their importance as counterparts of financial institutions.

### Changes to indicators and analytical value
- The 2019 FSIs Guide recommends the compilation of fifty-three FSIs with thirteen new indicators.
- FSIs for banks have been upgraded to better gauge bank buffers compared to expected and unexpected losses.
- Additions include new capital, liquidity, and asset quality metrics to:
  - Enhance the forward-looking aspect of the FSIs.
  - Support increased policy focus on financial stability.
- The new database features CDMs that allow users to better understand and analyze risks associated with distributions and concentrations of seven specific FSIs for deposit takers.

### Link to international initiatives
- With the introduction of CDMs for selected FSIs, the IMF completes the implementation of the recently closed G-20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-2) recommendation #II.3 Concentration and Distribution Measures.
- Recommendation #II.3 is one of the twenty recommendations endorsed by the G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.

### Press contact and media relations
- MEDIA RELATIONS PRESS OFFICER: Pemba Sherpa
- Phone: +1 202 623-7100
- Email: MEDIA@IMF.org
- Twitter: @IMFSpokesperson

*Source: Press Release No. 22/20 — Press Release–The IMF Upgrades Financial Soundness Indicators, February 3, 2022, IMF Communications Department.*

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- **2019 Financial Soundness Indicators Compilation Guide, International Monetary Fund**
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