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  "title": "Pilot Project on Concentration and Distribution Measures for a Selected Set of Financial Soundness Indicators",
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  "summary": "This paper reports the main findings of a pilot project launched in July 2014 by the IMF’s Statistics Department to test augmenting the IMF’s financial soundness indicators (FSIs) with concentration and distribution measures (CDMs) to capture tail risks, concentrations, variations in distributions,",
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      "content": "- Pilot project launched in July 2014 by the IMF’s Statistics Department to test augmenting the IMF’s financial soundness indicators (FSIs) with concentration and distribution measures (CDMs).\n- Objective: capture tail risks, concentrations, variations in distributions, and the volatility of indicators over time that simple averages can miss.\n- Volunteer participants reported a trial set of CDMs to assess analytical usefulness and identify concerns such as confidentiality and reporting burden."
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      "heading": "Key findings",
      "content": "- The results of the pilot suggest that CDMs can help detect financial sector risks.\n- The analytical usefulness of CDMs appears to justify the additional reporting burden.\n- Concerns identified by participants included confidentiality and reporting burden.\n- The pilot indicates further input from participating countries and potential data users should be sought.\n- Further refinement of the reporting requirements and the CDMs themselves may be needed."
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      "content": "- Consideration of CDMs for regular augmentation of FSIs given their ability to detect tail risks and distributional features missed by averages.\n- Seek further consultation with participating countries and potential data users to address confidentiality and reporting burden concerns.\n- Refine reporting requirements and the CDMs themselves based on pilot feedback and additional input.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp1626\n  - wp1626 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp1626 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/pilot-project-on-concentration-and-distribution-measures-for-a-selected-set-of-financial-43706"
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    "Authors: Joe Crowley, Plapa Koukpamou, Elena Loukoianova, André Mialou",
    "Published: February 12, 2016",
    "Series: IMF Working Papers",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498337014.001",
    "Pilot project launched in July 2014 by the IMF’s Statistics Department to test augmenting the IMF’s financial soundness indicators (FSIs) with concentration and distribution measures (CDMs).",
    "Objective: capture tail risks, concentrations, variations in distributions, and the volatility of indicators over time that simple averages can miss.",
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    "The results of the pilot suggest that CDMs can help detect financial sector risks.",
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    "Concerns identified by participants included confidentiality and reporting burden.",
    "The pilot indicates further input from participating countries and potential data users should be sought.",
    "Further refinement of the reporting requirements and the CDMs themselves may be needed.",
    "Consideration of CDMs for regular augmentation of FSIs given their ability to detect tail risks and distributional features missed by averages.",
    "Seek further consultation with participating countries and potential data users to address confidentiality and reporting burden concerns.",
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