 El Salvador: Financial System Stability AssessmentInternational Monetary Fund No 2014/044, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund Abstract: This paper presents an assessment of financial sector stability in El Salvador. The findings reveal that the financial system of El Salvador was resilient in the face of the global shocks and political uncertainty that took a toll on the economy in 2009. The new stand-by arrangement with the IMF bolstered confidence in the new authority’s policies and eased concern over the limited lender-of-last-resort capacity of the central bank. Despite the adverse economic environment of 2009, banks’ capitalization and liquidity remain high, and stress tests indicate that most banks could withstand severe shocks. Regulated nonbanks are also sound, but pension funds’ poor profitability could pose a problem in the longer term. Keywords: ISCR; CR; central bank; capital adequacy ratio; banking law; financial system; interest rate; commercial bank; simulation exercise; resolution process; real GDP; financial crisis; problem bank Resolution; external borrowing; credit risk; Loans; Credit; State-owned banks; Financial Sector Assessment Program; Central America; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:imf:imfscr:2014/044 Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from Access Statistics for this paper More papers in IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC USA. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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