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  "title": "Austria: Financial System Stability Assessment",
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  "summary": "Austria started to slowly recover in 2025 after two years of recession, but the energy shock due to the Middle East conflict is weighing on the outlook.",
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      "heading": "Summary and outlook",
      "content": "- Austria started to slowly recover in 2025 after two years of recession.\n- The energy shock due to the Middle East conflict is weighing on the outlook.\n- Key risks arise from subdued economic activity, exposure to CRE lending, and shocks in the CESEE region."
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      "heading": "Financial sector structure",
      "content": "- A large and complex banking sector with significant exposure to Central Eastern and Southeastern European countries (CESEE) dominates the financial sector.\n- Strong contributions to banking-sector performance come from the CESEE subsidiaries."
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      "heading": "Banking sector condition",
      "content": "- Despite domestic and external headwinds and a rise in NPLs in recent years in commercial real estate (CRE), the banking sector continues to be well capitalized, highly profitable and liquid."
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      "heading": "Risks and vulnerabilities",
      "content": "- Subdued economic activity is a central risk to financial stability.\n- Exposure to commercial real estate (CRE) lending has been associated with a rise in NPLs in recent years.\n- Shocks originating in the CESEE region constitute a material risk due to banks’ exposures."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Asset and liability management; Crime; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability; Liquidity; Macroprudential Policy; Stress testing.\n- Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); banking sector structure; central bank; cre loan; Europe; financial market; Financial sector stability; financial system composition; Fsap finding; Global; IMF staff; Liquidity; Macroprudential policy; Middle East; risk analysis; Stress testing; work of the Financial Sector Assessment Program.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Austria: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report No. 26/181; June 23, 2026\n  - Austria: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report No. 26/181; June 23, 2026 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Austria: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report No. 26/181; June 23, 2026 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 20, 2026",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229054195.002",
    "Austria started to slowly recover in 2025 after two years of recession.",
    "The energy shock due to the Middle East conflict is weighing on the outlook.",
    "Key risks arise from subdued economic activity, exposure to CRE lending, and shocks in the CESEE region.",
    "A large and complex banking sector with significant exposure to Central Eastern and Southeastern European countries (CESEE) dominates the financial sector.",
    "Strong contributions to banking-sector performance come from the CESEE subsidiaries.",
    "Despite domestic and external headwinds and a rise in NPLs in recent years in commercial real estate (CRE), the banking sector continues to be well capitalized, highly profitable and liquid.",
    "Subdued economic activity is a central risk to financial stability.",
    "Exposure to commercial real estate (CRE) lending has been associated with a rise in NPLs in recent years.",
    "Shocks originating in the CESEE region constitute a material risk due to banks’ exposures.",
    "Subjects: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Asset and liability management; Crime; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial sector stability; Liquidity; Macroprudential Policy; Stress testing.",
    "Keywords: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); banking sector structure; central bank; cre loan; Europe; financial market; Financial sector stability; financial system composition; Fsap finding; Global; IMF staff; Liquidity; Macroprudential policy; Middle East; risk analysis; Stress testing; work of the Financial Sector Assessment Program.",
    "**Austria: Financial System Stability Assessment; IMF Country Report No. 26/181; June 23, 2026**"
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