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High levels of foreign direct investment lower the risk of corporate leverage.
September 2019
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CMF proposed a standardized methodology for the determination of operational risk-weighted assets (APRO) of banking entities operating in Chile, in accordance with the latest international standard (Basel III) and the recent modification of the General Banking Law.
September 13, 2019
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BCRA updated rules on minimum capital requirements for financial entities and on certain aspects of the information transparency regime.
September 02, 2019
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Regulators in EU, UK, and U.S. have expressed concerns about the intention of Facebook to launch the digital currency Libra, which is scheduled for release in the first half of 2020.
September 02, 2019
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A hard landing in China remains a looming threat to the global economy and especially to the rest of Asia. This paper considers the consequences of a China debt crisis for the Chinese and global economies, with a special focus on Southeast Asia and emerging markets.
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CMF is consulting on methodology for the identification of systemically important banks and the determination of additional requirements for these institutions, in accordance with the international standards and the recent modification to the General Banking Law.
August 12, 2019
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Únase a nosotros para examinar los desafíos de cumplir con las normas contables NIIF 9, un año después de su implementación.
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BCB, the Ministry of Economy's Special Finance Secretariat, the Securities Commission, and the Superintendence of Private Insurance are considering the implementation of regulatory sandbox in Brazil in the coming months.
July 17, 2019
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Based on an update of the economy's structural variables, the Central Bank of Chile relaxed monetary conditions in June. Using statistical methods, we arrived at the same conclusion in terms of Chile's potential output; however, the estimation of monetary neutrality changes significantly with the new methodology to compute inflation and with the change in expectations of the monetary policy rate. The high sensitivity of estimates of non observable variables––such as potential output and neutral interest rate––can lead to monetary decisions that may become inconsistent.
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We examine the physical risk and quantify the economic costs of climate change using the Moody's Analytics Global Macroeconomic Model.
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Rate cut or not, the Federal Reserve's easing bias is a relief for the region.
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The policy rate was cut based on a new estimation of the output gap.
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EC is requesting feedback on the draft implementing decisions on recognition of legal and supervisory systems of Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, and U.S. as equivalent to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1060/2009 on credit rating agencies.
June 11, 2019
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CMF held a meeting on the supervision and regulation of banking and financial institutions, in accordance with the provisions of Law 21.130, which modernizes banking legislation, and announced integration of SBIF into CMF.
June 06, 2019
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Sanctions, blackouts, and the political crisis sink the economy even deeper.
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EBA published its opinion that the supervisory and regulatory framework applicable to credit institutions in Argentina can be regarded as equivalent to that applied in EU.
May 22, 2019
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IMF published its staff report on the review of Colombia's performance under the flexible credit line (FCL) arrangement.
May 22, 2019
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FSB published a summary of the meeting of its Regional Consultative Group (RCG) in Americas.
May 17, 2019
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BCRA published updated rules on minimum capital requirements for financial entities, along with the updates related to certain aspects of the information transparency regime.
May 09, 2019
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IMF published its staff report and selected issues report under the 2019 Article IV consultation with Colombia.
April 29, 2019
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BCB published a communication regarding the supervision of open banking model in Brazil.
April 24, 2019
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BIS published a working paper on the impact of macro-prudential regulation on mortgage credit.
April 18, 2019
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BCB issued Circular No. 3.938 on changes to the rule on the identification, measurement, and control of interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB) and on the public disclosure and remittance (to BCB) of information related to IRRBB.
April 17, 2019
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Supply chains and cross-border transactions could be damaged.
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América Central continuará siendo la subregión con mayor crecimiento en el 2019, dada su estrecha relación con el mercado estadounidense y los aún favorables precios de las materias primas.
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IMF published a staff report highlighting that the banking system in Argentina remains resilient.
April 05, 2019
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América Latina se encamina a su segundo año de recuperación en el 2019, con una mejoría más generalizada a nivel de países.
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Latin America is heading toward a second year of recovery in 2019 with continued general improvement across countries. However, key risks threaten to adversely affect the region’s economic performance.
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Global economic growth has passed the peak and is transitioning to a slower pace after being on an upswing for more than two years.
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We assess the economic consequences for Latin America should the trade truce between the U.S. and China fail to hold.
