Thailand : Financial System Stability Assessment.

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
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Description:1 online resource (136 pages)
Language:English
Series:IMF Country Report ; No. 19/308
IMF country report ; no. 19/308.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12510430
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund, issuing body.
ISBN:1513516485
9781513516486
9781513516486
Notes:Online resource; title from PDF title page (IMF, viewed October 2, 2020).
Summary:Banks represent a sizable share of the financial sector in Thailand, but other deposit-taking institutions and NBFIs have grown significantly in the last decade. While assets of banks represented 46 percent of total financial assets at end-2018, the government-owned SFIs and TCCs now play a key role in providing credit to households. Assets of the insurance and mutual fund sectors have doubled as a share of GDP over the last decade, and capital markets are largely on par with regional peers. Financial vulnerabilities appear to be contained, but household indebtedness is relatively high and there are signs of weaknesses in some corporates and SMEs. Weaker-than-expected growth in China and advanced economies, sharp rise in risk premia, and entrenched low inflation would adversely impact the financial system. Despite these risks, the banking sector is resilient to severe shocks. Stress tests results and sensitivity analysis indicate that the largest banks can withstand a shock broadly as severe as the Asian financial crisis. While data is limited, deposit-taking SFIs appear to be vulnerable to asset concentration and interest rate risk. Systemic and contagion risks stemming from interlinkages across banks and nonbanks are limited. Risk analysis could benefit from data improvements, including on liquidity and SFIs, and from the development of tools to assess concentration risk at an entity level.
Other form:Print Version: Thailand: Financial System Stability Assessment. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019 9781513516486
Standard no.:10.5089/9781513516486.002