Strengthening financial stability indicators in the midst of rapid financial innovation
Subtitle: updates and assessments
By: edited by Yuthika Indraratna
Contributors: South-East Asian Central Banks. Research and Training Centre
Publisher: The South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Research and Training Centre
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Economic conditions; Financial crises; Monetary policy; Public Finance; Government business enterprises
Description: In response to the global financial crises in the 1980s and 1990s, national and international institutions started to monitor the soundness of the financial system more intensively. A wide range of instruments/indicators is used to assess financial system stability in analytical practice. These include in particular, analysis of quantitative indicators of financial system soundness and stability, including stress testing. These indicators strive to cover the issue of financial stability as a systemic phenomenon and therefore concern, not only financial institutions and markets, but also the real and government sectors as the main debtors of financial institutions, as well as the financial infrastructure. The inclusion of non-banking sector indicators in the financial stability indicators (FSIs) reflects the interconnectivity of the financial and real sectors, such as for example, unfavourable developments in the corporate sector pass-through to the loan portfolio of banks, thus having possibly a negative effect on financial stability.The objective of this study is to assess and review the array of financial stability indicators employed by the SEACEN member central banks as well as the strength and the shortcomings of the available tools, especially in the context of the recent global financial crisis. It also assessed the comparability and consistency of the FSI indicators across the SEACEN economies as well as globally since the objective of a set of financial stability indicators is to provide users with a general idea of the soundness of the financial sector as a whole. Lastly, the study also examined the recent efforts undertaken to further enhance these indicators both globally and also at the SEACEN member central banks, especially in the wake of the recent global financial crisis.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.