Bank Soundness and Macroeconomic Policy

Download or read book Bank Soundness and Macroeconomic Policy written by Mr.Carl-Johan Lindgren and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1996-09-16 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banking sector problems have plagued over 130 of the IMF's member countries since 1980. Developing and industrial market economies alike have been affected, as have all the economies in transition. This volume, by Carl-Johan Lindgren, Gillian Garcia, and Matthew I. Saal, discusses the linkages between macroeconomic policy and bank soundness. It takes a global view of the causes and consequences of banking sector problems and discussses how the banking system can be strengthened, nationally and internationally.