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  "title": "Spain: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Stress Testing Banking System Resilience",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, November 13, 2017",
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  "summary": "This Technical Note discusses the results of the stress testing of banking system resilience in Spain. The results indicate that some banks may have difficulty enduring additional pressures on their profitability.",
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      "content": "- The Technical Note discusses the results of the stress testing of banking system resilience in Spain.\n- The results indicate that some banks may have difficulty enduring additional pressures on their profitability.\n- Some banks are vulnerable to market losses arising from a rapid increase in interest rates, given their significant exposures to fixed income securities.\n- Near-term funding and liquidity risks seem limited, but funding challenges are likely to grow.\n- Several banks are heavily reliant on central bank funding."
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      "content": "- Profitability pressure: some banks may struggle to endure additional pressures on profitability.\n- Interest rate and market risk: vulnerability to market losses from a rapid increase in interest rates due to significant exposures to fixed income securities.\n- Funding concentration: several banks heavily reliant on central bank funding, implying potential dependence risk."
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      "heading": "Funding and liquidity outlook",
      "content": "- Near-term funding and liquidity risks: seem limited.\n- Medium-term funding outlook: funding challenges are likely to grow."
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      "content": "- Authorities are encouraged to continue to monitor closely interest rate and government bond market risks in their stress testing exercises.\n- Implicit policy focus: strengthen monitoring of market-bank nexus, liquidity stress testing, and central bank funding reliance.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Country Report\n  - Country Report (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Country Report (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: November 13, 2017",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484327197.002",
    "The Technical Note discusses the results of the stress testing of banking system resilience in Spain.",
    "The results indicate that some banks may have difficulty enduring additional pressures on their profitability.",
    "Some banks are vulnerable to market losses arising from a rapid increase in interest rates, given their significant exposures to fixed income securities.",
    "Near-term funding and liquidity risks seem limited, but funding challenges are likely to grow.",
    "Several banks are heavily reliant on central bank funding.",
    "Profitability pressure: some banks may struggle to endure additional pressures on profitability.",
    "Interest rate and market risk: vulnerability to market losses from a rapid increase in interest rates due to significant exposures to fixed income securities.",
    "Funding concentration: several banks heavily reliant on central bank funding, implying potential dependence risk.",
    "Near-term funding and liquidity risks: seem limited.",
    "Medium-term funding outlook: funding challenges are likely to grow.",
    "Authorities are encouraged to continue to monitor closely interest rate and government bond market risks in their stress testing exercises.",
    "Implicit policy focus: strengthen monitoring of market-bank nexus, liquidity stress testing, and central bank funding reliance.",
    "**Country Report**"
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