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  "title": "Austria: Financial Sector Stability Assessment",
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  "summary": "This Financial Sector Stability Assessment report reviews economic development and different fiscal policies in Austria. The global crisis has revealed weaknesses in Austria’s financial stability policy framework, and recent changes at the European levels provide an opportunity to address these.",
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      "content": "- Stress test results indicate that under adverse medium-term scenarios, virtually all Austrian banks, including all internationally active institutions, would meet regulatory capital requirements.\n- Austrian banks are resilient to funding and contagion risks.\n- The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and the central bank (OeNB) collaborate effectively in performing banking supervision, including on a cross-border basis."
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      "content": "- Identified weaknesses in the financial stability policy framework following the global crisis.\n- Recent European-level changes create an opportunity to strengthen Austria’s framework.\n- Effective collaboration between the FMA and the OeNB in banking supervision, including cross-border supervision."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Bank resolution, Bank resolution framework, Banking, Commercial banks, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Insurance companies, Loans\n- Keywords: asset, Austria, Austrian bank, bank, bank assets, Bank resolution, banking system, capital, CESEE, Commercial banks, CR, Global, Insurance companies, ISCR, Loans, OeNB, resolution authority, resolution framework\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Austria: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 13/282; August 19, 2013\n  - Austria: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 13/282; August 19, 2013 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Austria: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 13/282; August 19, 2013 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: September 10, 2013",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484356302.002",
    "This Financial Sector Stability Assessment report reviews economic development and different fiscal policies in Austria.",
    "The global crisis has revealed weaknesses in Austria’s financial stability policy framework.",
    "Recent changes at the European levels provide an opportunity to address these weaknesses.",
    "Stress test results indicate that under adverse medium-term scenarios, virtually all Austrian banks, including all internationally active institutions, would meet regulatory capital requirements.",
    "Austrian banks are resilient to funding and contagion risks.",
    "The Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) and the central bank (OeNB) collaborate effectively in performing banking supervision, including on a cross-border basis.",
    "Identified weaknesses in the financial stability policy framework following the global crisis.",
    "Recent European-level changes create an opportunity to strengthen Austria’s framework.",
    "Effective collaboration between the FMA and the OeNB in banking supervision, including cross-border supervision.",
    "Subjects: Bank resolution, Bank resolution framework, Banking, Commercial banks, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Insurance companies, Loans",
    "Keywords: asset, Austria, Austrian bank, bank, bank assets, Bank resolution, banking system, capital, CESEE, Commercial banks, CR, Global, Insurance companies, ISCR, Loans, OeNB, resolution authority, resolution framework",
    "**Austria: Financial Sector Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 13/282; August 19, 2013**"
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