IMF develops stress test for central bank balance sheets

IMF develops stress test for central bank balance sheets – Central Banking



Framework designed to help risk teams determine appropriate profit distributions


International Monetary Fund Headquarters 2, Washington, DC

Staff at the International Monetary Fund have developed a new framework to allow central banks to stress-test their balance sheets to provide greater assurance they have sufficient buffers to conduct policy.

The IMF published a note on December 23 detailing the framework. It includes a method of forecasting individual balance sheet items over a five-year horizon to produce an overall forecast, which can then be tested under various scenarios.

Central bank balance sheets have faced an array of

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