Macroprudential Stress Testing of Credit Risk : A Practical Approach for Policy Makers
Drawing on the lessons from the global financial crisis and especially from its impact on the banking systems of Eastern Europe, the paper proposes a new practical approach to macroprudential stress testing. The proposed approach incorporates: (i)...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120105144231 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3221 |
Summary: | Drawing on the lessons from the global
financial crisis and especially from its impact on the
banking systems of Eastern Europe, the paper proposes a new
practical approach to macroprudential stress testing. The
proposed approach incorporates: (i) macroeconomic stress
scenarios generated from both a country specific statistical
model and historical cross-country crises experience; (ii)
indirect credit risk due to foreign currency exposures of
unhedged borrowers; (iii) varying underwriting practices
across banks and their asset classes based on their relative
aggressiveness of lending; (iv) higher correlations between
the probability of default and the loss given default during
stress periods; (v) a negative effect of lending
concentration and residual loan maturity on unexpected
losses; and (vi) the use of an economic risk weighted
capital adequacy ratio as the relevant outcome indicator to
measure the resilience of banks to materializing credit
risk. The authors apply the proposed approach to a set of
Eastern European banks and discuss the results. |
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