## Barbados: Financial System Stability Assessment

_IMF Staff Country Reports, February 26, 2003_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: February 26, 2003
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451805987.002

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### Executive summary and key findings
- Systemic risks in the financial sector are generally contained.
- The financial sector faces considerable challenges.
- Repercussions of the recent economic recession on the banking system are being felt.
- Profitability and asset quality are likely to be depressed in the near term.

### Coverage and scope
- Presents key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment for Barbados.
- Includes Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on:
  - Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency
  - Banking Supervision
  - Securities Regulation
  - Insurance Regulation
  - Corporate Governance
  - Payment Systems

### Subjects and keywords
- Subjects: Banking, Central bank bills, Central banks, Commercial banks, Credit bureaus, Financial institutions, Financial markets, Insurance, Insurance companies, Real time gross settlement systems
- Keywords: authority, Caribbean, Central bank bills, Commercial banks, CR, FSAP exercise, FSAP mission, IMF financial system Stability Assessment, Insurance, Insurance companies, IOSCO principle, ISCR, monetary policy, Real time gross settlement systems

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