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  "title": "Curaçao and Sint Maarten: Technical Assistance Report; Financial Stability Report",
  "publication": "Technical Assistance Reports, April 4, 2025",
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  "summary": "The IMF Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) conducted a technical assistance (TA) mission in Curaçao and Sint Maarten from October 3 to October 12, 2023.",
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      "heading": "Mission and objectives",
      "content": "- CARTAC conducted a technical assistance (TA) mission in Curaçao and Sint Maarten from October 3 to October 12, 2023.\n- Primary objectives:\n  - Support the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) in enhancing its Financial Stability Report (FSR).\n  - Improve financial stability assessments, strengthen the analytical framework, and refine credit risk modeling."
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      "heading": "Analytical enhancements and methods introduced",
      "content": "- Reviewed the latest available FSR and identified scope for improvements in structure, analytical depth, and communication strategy.\n- Emphasized development of sectoral credit risk models to assess the impact of macroeconomic conditions on non-performing loans (NPLs) and overall financial stability.\n- Introduced the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) approach to address model uncertainty.\n- Provided an initial estimation framework for sectoral credit risk modeling.\n- Broader analytical topics covered:\n  - Stress testing.\n  - Interconnectedness analysis.\n  - Integration of financial stability indicators with regulatory frameworks.\n  - Consideration of emerging risks such as climate and cyber risks."
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      "heading": "Key findings and recommended enhancements",
      "content": "- Report content and structure:\n  - Streamline the text to avoid repetition and focus on key financial stability risks and vulnerabilities.\n  - Make the analytical toolkit more forward-looking by incorporating stress testing results based on macroeconomic scenarios.\n- Credit risk and data:\n  - Develop sectoral credit risk models to link macroeconomic conditions to NPL dynamics.\n  - Strengthen CBCS data management by consolidating all financial stability-related data into a centralized data warehouse.\n  - Explore the feasibility of establishing a credit register for more granular risk assessment.\n- Regulatory and indicator communication:\n  - Provide clearer communication of regulatory frameworks and financial stability indicators across all segments of the financial system, including banks, insurance companies, and pension funds.\n- Governance and process:\n  - Support cross-departmental discussions during FSR development to ensure it serves as the CBCS’s flagship financial stability publication."
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      "heading": "Communication and outreach recommendations",
      "content": "- Internal communication:\n  - Promote the FSR as the CBCS’s flagship financial stability publication, underpinned by cross-departmental development.\n- External communication:\n  - Enhance external communication strategy through press briefings, media interviews, and online dissemination efforts.\n- Content coverage:\n  - Consistently cover emerging risks such as climate change and cybersecurity in future FSRs."
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      "content": "- Improved quality, transparency, and forward-looking nature of financial stability assessments in Curaçao and Sint Maarten.\n- Strengthened macroprudential oversight and risk management in the region through:\n  - Enhanced sectoral credit risk modeling.\n  - More effective stress testing under macroeconomic scenarios.\n  - Better data consolidation and potential credit register implementation.\n  - Clearer communication of regulatory frameworks and indicators across financial sectors.\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. Curaçao and Sint Maarten: Technical Assistance Report; Financial Stability Report (Technical Assistance Report No. 2025/035).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Executive Summary\n  - Executive Summary (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Executive Summary (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/technical-assistance-reports/issues/2025/04/04/curaao-and-sint-maarten-technical-assistance-report-financial-stability-report-565868"
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    "Published: April 4, 2025",
    "Series: Technical Assistance Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229004596.019",
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