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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
The Bahamas: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Selected Issues
Keywords:
IMF's transparency policy; policy option; automatic adjustment mechanism; staff team of the International Monetary Fund; debt buffer; Wages; Pensions; Pension spending; Civil service; Retirement; Caribbean
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Belize: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
This Selected Issues paper assesses the current strength of the balance sheets of large banks in Belize and takes stock of progress made on the regulatory, supervisory, and crisis management frameworks since the 2011 Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP). The improvement in financial stability indicators was boosted by implementation of key FSAP recommendations. The Central Bank strengthened provisioning and loan classification standards. The new rules force banks to focus more on the borrower’s capacity to repay the loan rather than on the value of collaterals. The regulatory, supervisory, and crisis management frameworks as well as the financial infrastructure could be further strengthened. The supervision department of the Central Bank could be strengthened with examiners specializing in information technologies (IT) with the view of ensuring the integrity of banks’ IT systems. Asset quality reviews and forward-looking stress tests could complement current supervisory practices and improve Central Bank’s assessments of banks’ balance sheets.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; wage; wage bill; negotiation; government; wage agreement; framework staff; wage negotiations; bill envelope; choice bank Ltd.; capitalized bank; wage framework; holding company; bill sustainability; domestic bank; Wages; Commercial banks; Wage adjustments; Wage bargaining; Loans; Caribbean; Western Hemisphere; Middle East and Central Asia; Asia and Pacific; Europe