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  "title": "Philippines: Financial System Stability Assessment-Press Release and Statement by the Executive Director for the Philippines",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, April 9, 2021",
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  "summary": "GDP contracted by 9½ percent in 2020—a much steeper decline than during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC)—but it is now recovering with the easing of containment measures and economic policy support.",
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      "heading": "Summary findings",
      "content": "- GDP contracted by 9½ percent in 2020—a much steeper decline than during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC)—but it is now recovering with the easing of containment measures and economic policy support.\n- Banks are closely connected to the corporate sector through high credit exposures and conglomerate ownership linkages.\n- The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may list the Philippines as a jurisdiction with serious Anti-Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) deficiencies in 2021.\n- The country is vulnerable to climate change (physical) risks, especially the destruction of physical capital from typhoons."
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      "heading": "Financial sector stability and linkages",
      "content": "- High credit exposures between banks and the corporate sector increase interconnectedness and potential transmission of stress.\n- Conglomerate ownership linkages amplify corporate–bank interdependence and may concentrate risk within financial institutions."
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      "heading": "AML/CFT assessment and implications",
      "content": "- The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may list the Philippines as a jurisdiction with serious AML/CFT deficiencies in 2021, indicating heightened international scrutiny and potential implications for cross-border financial activity."
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      "heading": "Climate and physical risks",
      "content": "- Physical risks from climate change—particularly destruction of physical capital from typhoons—pose vulnerabilities to the financial system and broader economy."
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      "heading": "Policy context and outlook",
      "content": "- Economic recovery is underway as containment measures ease and economic policy support continues, following the 9½ percent contraction in 2020.\n- Financial sector resilience considerations include addressing high bank–corporate exposures, conglomerate ownership linkages, AML/CFT deficiencies, and climate-related physical risks.\n\nPhilippines: Financial System Stability Assessment-Press Release and Statement by the Executive Director for the Philippines, April 9, 2021.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1phlea2021001\n  - 1phlea2021001 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1phlea2021001 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "GDP contracted by 9½ percent in 2020—a much steeper decline than during the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC)—but it is now recovering with the easing of containment measures and economic policy support.",
    "Banks are closely connected to the corporate sector through high credit exposures and conglomerate ownership linkages.",
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    "The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) may list the Philippines as a jurisdiction with serious AML/CFT deficiencies in 2021, indicating heightened international scrutiny and potential implications for cross-border financial activity.",
    "Physical risks from climate change—particularly destruction of physical capital from typhoons—pose vulnerabilities to the financial system and broader economy.",
    "Economic recovery is underway as containment measures ease and economic policy support continues, following the 9½ percent contraction in 2020.",
    "Financial sector resilience considerations include addressing high bank–corporate exposures, conglomerate ownership linkages, AML/CFT deficiencies, and climate-related physical risks.",
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