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020 |a 9781475553093 
245 0 0 |a Malta  |b 2013 Article IV Consultation 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2013 
300 |a 82 pages 
651 4 |a Malta 
653 |a Public Administration 
653 |a Public debt 
653 |a Banks 
653 |a Finance 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Banks and banking 
653 |a Industries: Financial Services 
653 |a Financial statements 
653 |a Financial services 
653 |a Debts, Public 
653 |a Fiscal Policy 
653 |a Mortgages 
653 |a Accounting 
653 |a Public Sector Accounting and Audits 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Public financial management (PFM) 
653 |a Banking 
653 |a Financial reporting, financial statements 
653 |a Econometrics & economic statistics 
653 |a Finance; Statistics 
653 |a Depository Institutions 
653 |a Commercial banks 
653 |a Financial institutions 
653 |a Debt Management 
653 |a Micro Finance Institutions 
653 |a Fiscal governance 
653 |a Computer Programs: Other 
653 |a Debt 
653 |a Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology 
653 |a Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation 
653 |a Fiscal policy 
653 |a Sovereign Debt 
653 |a Banks and Banking 
653 |a Finance, Public; Accounting 
653 |a Financial services industry 
653 |a Statistics 
653 |a Public Finance 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b European Dept 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781475553093.002 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2013/203/002.2013.issue-203-en.xml?cid=40772-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a This staff report on Malta’s Article IV Consultation highlights economic development and policies. Risks from the large international bank sector appear contained given limited balance-sheet exposure to the Maltese economy, though continued vigilance is warranted. Regulatory changes to increase loan loss provisions, and the funding of the deposit compensation scheme would help contain risks in the domestic banking sector. The main challenges for fiscal policy are to reverse the deterioration of public finances, and to strengthen the governance framework. Additional measures are needed to ensure that the fiscal deficit falls below 3 percent of GDP in 2013 and that public debt remains on a sustainable path