## Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide

_Manuals & Guides, April 4, 2006_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 4, 2006
- Series: Manuals & Guides
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589063853.069

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### Overview and definition
- Financial Soundness Indicators (FSIs) are measures that indicate the current financial health and soundness of a country's financial institutions, and their corporate and household counterparts.
- FSIs include both aggregated individual institution data and indicators that are representative of the markets in which the financial institutions operate.

### Purpose and use
- FSIs are calculated and disseminated for the purpose of supporting macroprudential analysis--the assessment and surveillance of the strengths and vulnerabilities of financial systems--with a view to strengthening financial stability and limiting the likelihood of financial crises.
- The guide is intended to:
  - Give guidance on the concepts, sources, and compilation and dissemination techniques underlying FSIs;
  - Encourage the use and cross-country comparison of these data;
  - Support national and international surveillance of financial systems.

### Guidance scope and content
- Provides conceptual guidance, source identification, compilation techniques, and dissemination techniques underlying FSIs.
- Aims to promote comparability and usability of FSI data for macroprudential surveillance.

### Publication metadata and availability
- Publication date: April 4, 2006
- Pages: 300
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589063853.069
- ISBN: 9781589063853
- ISSN: 2663-3744
- Stock No: FSICEA
- Format availability: Download PDF; More Formats on IMF eLibrary; Order a Print Copy
- Also available in français, español

### Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial soundness indicators, Financial statements, Income, Loans, National accounts, Personal income, Public financial management (PFM)
- Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, asset, Commercial banks, deposit taker, equity investment, Europe, Financial soundness indicators, Financial statements, FSI data, Global, Income, Loans, M&G, market, market value, Middle East, Personal income, return on equity, Western Hemisphere

*Financial Soundness Indicators: Compilation Guide, April 4, 2006*

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