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  "title": "Integrating Stability Assessments Under the Financial Sector Assessment Program into Article IV Surveillance-Background Material",
  "publication": "Policy Papers, August 31, 2010",
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  "summary": "This paper presents the staff analysis underpinning two central elements of the proposal to make financial stability assessments under the FSAP mandatory for members with systemically important financial sectors: <br /><br />the definition of systemic importance used in the paper and the methodology",
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      "content": "- Definition and identification methodology (Section II)\n  - Sets out the definition of systemic importance used by staff.\n  - Describes the methodology for identifying members with systemically important financial sectors.\n- Frequency rationale (Section III)\n  - Reviews academic literature and industry practices.\n  - Forms the basis for the staff proposal to conduct mandatory financial stability assessments at a frequency of about three years."
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      "content": "- Core proposition:\n  - Make financial stability assessments under the FSAP mandatory for members with systemically important financial sectors.\n- Analytical foundation:\n  - Combines a defined measure of systemic importance with a replicable methodology for identification (Section II).\n  - Relies on a literature and practice review to justify a roughly three-year assessment cycle (Section III).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- 082710a\n  - 082710a (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - 082710a (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2016/12/31/integrating-stability-assessments-under-the-financial-sector-assessment-program-into-pp4478"
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