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  "title": "Stress Testing Financial Systems: What to Do When the Governor Calls",
  "publication": "IMF Working Papers, July 1, 2004",
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      "content": "- Stress testing is presented as a widely used tool to assess potential vulnerabilities in a financial system.\n- The paper aims to answer basic questions that arise in the stress-testing process.\n- Distinction emphasized between stress tests of systems and stress tests of individual portfolios."
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      "content": "- The paper provides an overview of the stress-testing process, covering:\n  - Identifying vulnerabilities.\n  - Constructing scenarios.\n  - Interpreting results.\n- The approach is framed as an iterative process (term used in Keywords)."
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      "heading": "IMF experience and application",
      "content": "- The paper discusses the experience of the IMF in conducting stress testing as part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP).\n- The FSAP context links stress testing to Financial Sector Assessment Program objectives and financial sector policy and analysis."
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      "content": "- Subjects: Banking; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Financial sector policy and analysis; Financial soundness indicators; Financial statements; National accounts; Personal income; Public financial management (PFM); Stress testing.\n- Keywords (selected from source): bank; bank balance; C. balance-sheet implementation; estimation procedure; financial institution; Financial Sector Assessment Program; financial soundness indicators; Financial statements; financial system context; financial system structure; foreign currency; Global; income statements; insurance company balance sheets; iterative process; Personal income; price level; process; return on equity; risk management system; Stress testing; system level; system stress tests; WP."
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      "content": "- Stress testing at the system level requires different considerations than portfolio-level tests.\n- A systematic process—vulnerability identification, scenario construction, result interpretation—is central to meaningful stress-testing exercises.\n- Incorporating IMF FSAP experience can inform methodologies and practical implementation for country-level assessments.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp04127\n  - wp04127 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp04127 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n- stfs\n  - stfs (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - stfs (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/30/stress-testing-financial-systems-what-to-do-when-the-governor-calls-17517"
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    "Published: July 1, 2004",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
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