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Cover Policy Papers
Review of the Flexible Credit Line, The Short Term Liquidity Line and the Precautionary and Liquidity Line, and Proposals for Reform
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
The Fund’s precautionary toolkit rests on the simple proposition that facilitating crisis prevention is far less costly than crisis resolution. Its value increases with systemic risk. Serial shocks to the global trading and financial systems pose significant and persistent headwinds for well-integrated emerging markets. An adequately funded global financial safety net (GFSN) with a suite of precautionary tools allows qualifying members to respond to balance of payments (BoP) shocks, reducing the incidence of crises and limiting contagion. The Fund is the only layer of the GFSN available to all members; other layers vary in their availability and externalities. In this context, the overarching objective of this review of the Flexible Credit Line (FCL), Short-term Liquidity Line (SLL), and Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL) is to ensure that the precautionary facilities toolkit (henceforth “the toolkit”) is fit for purpose for the challenges ahead.
Keywords:
Flexible Credit Line (FCL); Short-term Liquidity Line (SLL); Precautionary and Liquidity Line (PLL); Global Financial Safety Net (GFSN); PLL qualification assessment; FCL arrangement; SLL reform package; qualification assessment; FCL user; SLL access; SLL instrument; SLL Arrangements; Balance of payments need; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Liquidity; Debt sustainability; Global; Western Hemisphere
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Panama: 2017 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report for Panama
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights Panama’s economy as the fastest growing in Latin America over the past two decades. It is expected to remain among the most dynamic in the region, with stable and low inflation, sustainable public debt, a declining current account deficit, and a stable financial sector. Economic growth moderated to 4.9 percent in 2016 in the face of external headwinds, and inflation and unemployment remain subdued but have risen slightly. Fiscal consolidation continues in line with fiscal rule targets, and public debt is sustainable. Credit growth remains strong, but has begun to slow recently. The outlook is favorable despite heightened external uncertainty.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; deficit; Panama; financing; authority; IMF staff estimate; disaster risk management program; Fondo de Ahorro; NFPS deficit; Medium-term growth prospect; Panama energy diagnostic; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Commercial banks; Global; Central America
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Panama: Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund
The 2011 Article IV Consultation reports that Panama’s economy has rebounded strongly from the 2009 slowdown, and is one of the fastest-growing in the region. Rapid growth and prudent fiscal policy have lowered public debt to less than 40 percent of GDP, and rating agencies have placed Panama’s sovereign debt one notch above investment grade. The neutral fiscal stance envisaged for 2012–13 is broadly appropriate, though a tighter stance would have been preferable to rebuild buffers and contain inflation.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; FDI; largely not observed; Panama's investment performance; Panama Canal expansion; double-taxation agreements; youth unemployment; IMF staff estimate; Public sector; Public investment spending; Liquidity; Fiscal stance; Global; Central America; South America; South Asia; Caribbean
Cover IMF Working Papers
Developments in Financial Supervision and the Use of Macroprudential Measures in Central America
Mr. Mynor Meza
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Mr. Fernando L Delgado
Improvements in financial regulation and supervision in the Central American region (CAPDR) have strengthened financial stability. Prudential instruments with potential macroeconomic effects have been introduced. Nonetheless, compared with the larger Latin American and selected industrial countries, there is still important scope for CAPDR to enhance financial supervision and regulation. Based on two surveys, and the analysis of the Basel Core Principles, the paper determines that some weaknesses exist in risk-based supervision, and that macroprudential measures have scarcely been deployed.
Keywords:
WP; CAPDR; BCP compliance index; foreign exchange; BCP assessment; BCP principle; capital; financial regulation; financial supervision; Basel Core Principles; Basel III; macroprudential policy; Central America; Latin America; CAPDR country; financial activity; Risk-based supervision; Macroprudential policy instruments; Consolidated banking supervision; Global
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Framework Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities—East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC East) Subaccount
International Monetary Fund
In March 2009, the Fund established a new Framework Administered Account to administer external financial resources for selected Fund activities (the “SFA Instrument”). The financing of activities under the terms of the SFA Instrument is implemented through the establishment and operation of a subaccount within the SFA. The subaccount for the East Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFRITAC East) would be the third one under the SFA. This paper requests Executive Board approval to establish the AFRITAC East subaccount under the terms of the SFA Instrument.
Keywords:
PP; Subaccount; AFRITAC east; contributor; terms and conditions of the Subaccount; East Africa region; resources of the Subaccount; d. contributor; activities-East Africa; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); East Africa
Cover Policy Papers
Framework Administered Account for Selected Fund Activities - Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Technical Assistance Center (CAPTAC-DR) Subaccount
International Monetary Fund
In March 2009, the Fund established a new Framework Administered Account to administer external financial resources for selected Fund activities (the “SFA Instrument”). The financing of activities under the terms of the SFA Instrument is implemented through the establishment and operation of a subaccount within the SFA. The subaccount for the Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Technical Assistance Center (CAPTAC-DR) would be the first one established under the SFA. This paper requests Executive Board approval to establish the CAPTAC-DR subaccount (the “Subaccount”) under the terms of the SFA Instrument.
Keywords:
PP; Subaccount; beneficiary country; fund Regional Technical Assistance Centers; CAPTAC-DR; contributor; CAPTAC-DR subaccount; d. contributor; resources of the Subaccount; Medium-term budget frameworks; Trade regulations and guidelines; Customs administration core functions; Central America
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Panama: Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Supervision, and Securities Regulation
International Monetary Fund
This paper discusses key findings of the Assessment of Financial Sector Supervision and Regulation for Panama. The assessment of bank supervision showed a high degree of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCP) reflecting generally satisfactory implementation combined with an adequate legal and regulatory foundation. The supervisory and regulatory frameworks for capital markets and insurance sectors are underdeveloped. The securities law and regulations are generally effective; however, resources for securities markets oversight are insufficient, and independence is affected by unfilled positions, including a commissioner’s post.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; bank; Comision Nacional de Valores; securities; banking system assets; firm; license bank; bank secrecy law; CNV staff; asset forfeiture; CFT obligation; Panamanian-headquartered bank; well-developed banking system; return on assets; Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); Commercial banks; Insurance; Central America