The Crisis in the Financial Sector and the Authorities' Reaction: The Case of the Philippines

March 1, 1990

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Jean-Claude Nascimento. The Crisis in the Financial Sector and the Authorities' Reaction: The Case of the Philippines, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1990) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

The paper discusses the crisis in the Philippines financial sector that began on a limited scale in 1981 and culminated in a significant contraction of the financial system in 1986. The causes, manifestation and transmission mechanism of the crisis are analyzed and reactions of the authorities to the crisis are examined. The main conclusion is that weaknesses of the regulatory framework and loose banking practices provoked and exacerbated the crisis, while the political and economic climate during 1979-83 also played a key role. In the end, the authorities’ interventions to contain the crisis was sucessful but costly.

Subject: Bank credit, Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, Distressed assets, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Loans, Money

Keywords: Bank assets, Banking system, Capital base, CBP rule, Central bank, Commercial banks, Commercial paper, Credit, Development bank, Distressed assets, Emergency loan, Interest margin, Legal reserve, Loans, Monetary policy, Money bank, Private sector, Real GNP, Thrift bank, Treasury bill, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

72
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 1990/026
Stock No:

WPIEA0261990
ISBN:

9781451981704
ISSN:

1018-5941

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