Panama: Selected Issues
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Summary:
Panama’s extensive trade and financial linkages make it vulnerable to adverse external shocks, and this would have a sizable impact on Panama’s real activity. In the absence of monetary policy, macroprudential policy tools could usefully complement microprudential tools. A macroprudential supervisory body must possess the ability or power to collect and analyze firm-, market-, and global-level data to detect risks before they develop into full-blown crises. This study analyzes Panama’s tax structure, performance, and administration in order to identify priority areas for further strengthening
Series:
Country Report No. 2013/089
Subject:
Banking Financial institutions Financial sector policy and analysis Financial sector stability Loans Macroprudential policy Macroprudential policy instruments Revenue administration
English
Publication Date:
March 28, 2013
ISBN/ISSN:
9781484344477/1934-7685
Stock No:
1PANEA2013002
Pages:
51
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