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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155012103321

Titolo

Republic of Equatorial Guinea : : Selected Issues

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2016

ISBN

9781475555998

1475555997

9781475556018

1475556012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (20 p.)

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Soggetti

Banks and Banking

Finance: General

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation

Banking

Finance

Monetary economics

Financial sector development

Oil prices

Commercial banks

Credit

Financial markets

Money

Financial institutions

Financial sector stability

Financial sector policy and analysis

Banks and banking

Financial services industry



Equatorial Guinea, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This Selected Issues paper analyzes macrofinancial linkages in Equatorial Guinea. Insufficient fiscal consolidation in response to falling oil prices and production has translated into arrears accumulation, leading to a sharp deterioration in commercial banks’ balance sheets. Although banks’ capital and liquidity ratio appear adequate, profitability has been shrinking, owing to weak economic activity and decelerating credit supply. Moreover, recent stress tests reveal a high sensitivity to negative liquidity and asset quality shocks. Financial development remains lackluster, which hurts economic development and effective structural transformation. Finally, strong macrofinancial linkages compounded by regional subsidiary-parent interlinkages call for increased scrutiny.