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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155012203321

Autore

Klein Nir

Titolo

Corporate Sector Vulnerabilities in Ireland / / Nir Klein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-4755-5439-7

1-4755-5441-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 pages) : illustrations (some color), tables

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Disciplina

338.9415

Soggetti

Corporations - Ireland

Banks and Banking

Corporate Finance

Financial Risk Management

Money and Monetary Policy

Industries: Financial Services

Financial Institutions and Services: General

Bankruptcy

Liquidation

Corporate Finance and Governance: General

Multinational Firms

International Business

Banks

Depository Institutions

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Financial Crises

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

Ownership & organization of enterprises

Multinationals

Banking

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Monetary economics

Finance

Corporate sector

Foreign corporations

Financial crises

Bank credit

Economic sectors



Loans

Financial institutions

Money

Business enterprises

Banks and banking

Credit

Ireland Economic conditions 1949-

Ireland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The paper uses both macro- and micro-level data to assess how has the financial health of the Irish non-financial corporate (NFC) sector changed in the post financial crisis period. The analysis suggests that vulnerabilities have generally declined in recent years, but the NFC sector and especially smaller domestic firms remain vulnerable. A sensitivity analysis indicates that a non-extreme shock, which comprises a decline in profitability and an increase in interest rates, is likely to push many firms into a vulnerable state and that the share of firms with interest cover ratio of lower than one would triple to nearly fifty percent, largely reflecting the deterioration in the financial health of small firms. In such a scenario, the share of risky debt would increase to the level observed during the financial crisis, resulting in a significant increase in new corporate defaults.