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need to monitor the impact of the econo-
mic crisis which is still unfolding. Evidence
available now points to a deteriorating
economic outlook onthe continent as
trade ... in the medium term (Section 2).
It highlights key issues that deserve spe-
cial attention as the continent attempts to
weather the storm in view of the G20
summit (Section 3). Section 4 concludes
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proceeds of fraud tofinancial institutions or to others connected ... Information Society for Growth and
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European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions,...
... to improve the co-ordination between both institutions, the current
fragmented setup of supervision may be a problem as analysis is done in one institution while execution is
done in the other. ... initiatives to strengthen banking supervision
The core changes concerning banking supervision that are put in place by the Act onthe Strengthening of
Financial Market and Insurance Supervision (Gesetz ... regard, the plan by the new coalition government to concentrate banking
supervision at the Bundesbank moves in the right direction since it concentrates the decision-making
powers and the underlying...
... regimes that set constraints onfinancial intermediation in the various national
jurisdictions, and onthe interaction between the two.
A useful concept to approach the question is that of “elasticity”. ...
Deviations between the two can persist for long periods, need not show up in rising inflation
and may in fact be one reason behind thefinancial crisis.
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preferred stock issued under the Capital Purchase Program into common equity. The conversion is
contingent onthe willingness of private investors to convert ... its total
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agency debt this year by upto $100 billion to a total of upto $200 billion. The FOMC ... Press Release
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force pension funds to divest covered bonds from their portfolios. The
agreement focused on long-term covered bonds as the pension funds
primarily invest in long-term bonds.
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In contrast to several other mortgage and securitisation bond markets,
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coverage of the data to additional G-20 economies.
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Recommendation 11: The BIS and the CGFS to consider, amongst other improvements, the
separate identification of nonbank financial institutions in the consolidated banking data, as
well as information ...
economies, drawing upon the existing frameworks of the IMF and the OECD. The intention
is thereafter to:
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format...
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sectoral accounts data.
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The FSB, in close consultation with the IMF, to
convene relevant central banks, national supervisors,
and other international financial institutions, to
develop by end-2010 a common draft ...
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CPIS data, and consider other possible
enhancements, such as the institutional sector of the
foreign debtor.
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of the transmission from the macro tothe micro
dimension falls outside the scope of this paper,
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the operationalisation of the 2007 Decision
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Policies), the Fund centred surveillance more
strongly and concretely than in the past onthe
concept ... emerging market economies to advanced
economies.
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literature have argued that a second-order effect
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