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  "title": "Israel: Financial System Stability Assessment",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, April 2, 2012",
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  "summary": "This paper discusses the Financial System Stability Assessment of Israel. The stability analysis suggests that systemic financial vulnerabilities to severe shocks in line with historical experience are manageable and in aggregate, buffers are at comparatively comfortable levels.",
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      "content": "- The paper discusses the Financial System Stability Assessment of Israel.\n- The stability analysis suggests that systemic financial vulnerabilities to severe shocks in line with historical experience are manageable.\n- In aggregate, buffers are at comparatively comfortable levels.\n- The authorities operate an effective, proactive, and sophisticated system of financial sector oversight, which needs to be developed further in some areas.\n- The authorities have underpinned the functioning of the financial system by enhancing the central bank liquidity framework and introducing a real-time gross settlement system."
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      "heading": "Key findings and analysis",
      "content": "- Systemic vulnerability assessment:\n  - Systemic financial vulnerabilities to severe shocks in line with historical experience are manageable.\n  - Buffers are described as being at comparatively comfortable levels.\n- Regulatory and supervisory framework:\n  - The authorities already operate an effective, proactive, and sophisticated system of financial sector oversight.\n  - Some areas of oversight require further development (no additional specificity provided in the source).\n- Payments and liquidity infrastructure:\n  - The central bank liquidity framework has been enhanced.\n  - A real-time gross settlement system has been introduced.\n- Stress testing and risk coverage:\n  - The document is categorized under Stress testing and related subjects, indicating stress-test-based analysis of resilience."
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      "content": "- Subjects:\n  - Banking\n  - Commercial banks\n  - Corporate bonds\n  - Financial crises\n  - Financial institutions\n  - Financial sector policy and analysis\n  - Insurance companies\n  - Stress testing\n- Keywords:\n  - bank member\n  - bank subsidiary\n  - bank supervisor\n  - banking system\n  - BOI macro-model\n  - bridge bank\n  - Commercial banks\n  - Corporate bonds\n  - CR\n  - credit risk\n  - Europe\n  - financial system\n  - forecasted path\n  - Global\n  - Insurance companies\n  - interest rate\n  - ISCR\n  - liquidity assistance\n  - resolution regime\n  - Stress testing\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Israel: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 12/69; March 12, 2012\n  - Israel: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 12/69; March 12, 2012 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Israel: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report 12/69; March 12, 2012 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: April 2, 2012",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475502718.002",
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