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  "title": "Mauritius: Financial System Stability Assessment-Update",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, December 23, 2008",
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  "summary": "The key findings of Mauritius’s Financial System Stability Assessment update are discussed. The Mauritian financial system has been resilient to recent economic shocks, and banks have adequate capital buffers against a range of shocks to their credit portfolios and liquidity positions.",
  "publishDate": "2008-12-23",
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      "heading": "Executive summary",
      "content": "- The Mauritian financial system has been resilient to recent economic shocks.\n- Banks have adequate capital buffers against a range of shocks to their credit portfolios and liquidity positions.\n- Infrastructural reforms have improved the business environment.\n- Several areas require high-priority further steps: insolvency rules, monetary policy, and debt management.\n- Advanced risk assessment methods, including stress testing, would be a valuable addition to supervisors’ planning tools and capacity."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- Resilience: The financial system demonstrated resilience to recent economic shocks.\n- Bank capitalization and liquidity: Banks have adequate capital buffers against a range of shocks to their credit portfolios and liquidity positions.\n- Infrastructure and business environment: Reforms to infrastructure have improved the business environment.\n- Supervisory capacity and tools: Advanced risk assessment methods, including stress testing, are recommended to strengthen supervisors’ planning tools and capacity."
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      "heading": "Policy recommendations and priorities",
      "content": "- Give high priority to reforms in:\n  - Insolvency rules.\n  - Monetary policy.\n  - Debt management.\n- Enhance supervisory toolkits by adopting advanced risk assessment methods, including stress testing.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Cr08373\n  - Cr08373 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2016/12/31/mauritius-financial-system-stability-assessment-update-22549"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451827880.002",
    "The Mauritian financial system has been resilient to recent economic shocks.",
    "Banks have adequate capital buffers against a range of shocks to their credit portfolios and liquidity positions.",
    "Infrastructural reforms have improved the business environment.",
    "Several areas require high-priority further steps: insolvency rules, monetary policy, and debt management.",
    "Advanced risk assessment methods, including stress testing, would be a valuable addition to supervisors’ planning tools and capacity.",
    "Resilience: The financial system demonstrated resilience to recent economic shocks.",
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    "Infrastructure and business environment: Reforms to infrastructure have improved the business environment.",
    "Supervisory capacity and tools: Advanced risk assessment methods, including stress testing, are recommended to strengthen supervisors’ planning tools and capacity.",
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