## Mexico: Financial System Stability Assessment

_IMF Staff Country Reports, November 22, 2016_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: November 22, 2016
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475556384.002

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### Executive summary and outlook
- This paper discusses the findings and recommendations made in the Financial System Stability Assessment for Mexico.
- Mexico’s economic fundamentals are strong.
- The medium-term outlook for the Mexican economy foresees steady growth underpinned by strong macroeconomic policies, broad reform initiatives, and relatively strong balance sheets.
- Key risks are external and include a U.S. growth slowdown, lower oil prices, and volatility in global financial markets.

### Financial system resilience and stress-testing
- The financial system is broadly resilient, notwithstanding some weaknesses under certain adverse shocks.
- The solvency and liquidity stress tests of the banking system indicate that it can withstand severe adverse macro-financial shocks despite large capital losses in some cases.

### Subject coverage and keywords
- Subject areas: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial institutions, Financial sector, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability, Money, Securities.
- Keywords: banking sector, Commercial banks, coverage ratio, CR, Credit, development bank, emergence liquidity assistance facility, Financial sector, Financial sector stability, foreign currency, Global, ISCR, liquidity regulation, market liquidity pressure, resolution regime, return on equity, Securities.

### Publication and document specifics
- Publication title: Mexico: Financial System Stability Assessment
- Publication date: November 22, 2016
- Pages: 58
- Volume: 2016
- Issue: 361
- Series: Country Report No. 2016/361
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475556384.002
- Stock No: 1MEXEA2016004
- ISBN: 9781475556384
- ISSN: 1934-7685

*International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Mexico: Financial System Stability Assessment", IMF Staff Country Reports 2016, 361 (2016).*

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