Pakistan: Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note

Pakistan: Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note—Condition of the Banking System

May 11, 2005

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Pakistan: Financial Sector Assessment Program—Technical Note—Condition of the Banking System, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Technical Note examines the condition of the banking system for Pakistan. The number of commercial banks and various nonbank financial institutions in the country grew rapidly in the early 1990s. The privatization of state-owned banks has been accompanied by the liberalization in the financial system and the openness to domestic and foreign competition. This technical note assesses the financial soundness indicators. It also contains the mission’s recommendations aimed at preserving stability and soundness of the banking system.

Subject: Banking, Capital adequacy requirements, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, National accounts, Nonperforming loans, Personal income, State-owned banks

Keywords: Asset, Asset quality spectrum, Bank, Capital, Capital position, Commercial bank, Commercial banks, CR, Experience capital adequacy problem, Foreign banks, Global, ISCR, Nonperforming loans, Personal income, Position of bank, Privatized bank, State-owned banks

Publication Details

Pages:

22
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/157
Stock No:

1PAKEA2005001
ISBN:

9781451830668
ISSN:

1934-7685

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