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  "title": "United Kingdom: Financial Sector Assessment Program-Select Issues in Systemic Risk Oversight and Macroprudential Policy",
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  "summary": "The United Kingdom’s macroprudential policy framework has proven its effectiveness. After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–09, the United Kingdom assigned the Bank of England (BOE) a clear financial stability mandate, created a new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) to set macroprudential pol",
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      "content": "- The United Kingdom’s macroprudential policy framework has proven its effectiveness.\n- After the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007–09, the United Kingdom:\n  - assigned the Bank of England (BOE) a clear financial stability mandate;\n  - created a new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) to set macroprudential policy;\n  - shifted to a “twin peaks” model of financial oversight.\n- The 2016 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) concluded that the new framework appeared appropriate for effectively conducting macroprudential policy.\n- The 2021 FSAP provides an opportunity to review the framework’s performance in building systemic resilience through the financial cycle, including market volatility resulting from the Brexit vote and the COVID-19 pandemic."
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      "content": "- Subject areas:\n  - Countercyclical capital buffers\n  - Financial regulation and supervision\n  - Financial sector policy and analysis\n  - Financial sector risk\n  - Financial sector stability\n  - International organization\n  - Monetary policy\n  - Stress testing\n  - Systemic risk\n- Keywords:\n  - affordability stress test\n  - Countercyclical capital buffers\n  - Financial sector risk\n  - Financial sector stability\n  - FPC member\n  - FPC mortgage market Recommendations\n  - Global\n  - housing price development\n  - mortgage market\n  - policy action\n  - policy measure\n  - Stress testing\n  - Systemic risk\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 1gbrea2022005\n  - 1gbrea2022005 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 1gbrea2022005 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: April 8, 2022",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400206627.002",
    "The United Kingdom’s macroprudential policy framework has proven its effectiveness.",
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    "The 2016 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) concluded that the new framework appeared appropriate for effectively conducting macroprudential policy.",
    "The 2021 FSAP provides an opportunity to review the framework’s performance in building systemic resilience through the financial cycle, including market volatility resulting from the Brexit vote and the COVID-19 pandemic.",
    "Effectiveness: The framework is described as having “proven its effectiveness.”",
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    "Subject areas:",
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