Debt-Related Vulnerabilities and Financial Crises

The analysis of currency and maturity mismatches in sectoral balance sheets has increasingly become a regular element in the IMF’s tool kit for surveillance in emerging market countries. This paper describes this so-called balance sheet approach and shows how it can be applied to detect vulnerabilit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Setser, Brad
Other Authors: Halikias, Ioannis, Pitt, Alexander, Rosenberg, Christoph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2005
Series:Occasional Papers
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The analysis of currency and maturity mismatches in sectoral balance sheets has increasingly become a regular element in the IMF’s tool kit for surveillance in emerging market countries. This paper describes this so-called balance sheet approach and shows how it can be applied to detect vulnerabilities and shape policy advice. It also provides a broad-brushed overview of how balance sheet vulnerabilities have evolved over the past decade and cites a number of case studies
Physical Description:58 pages
ISBN:9781589064256