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Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Systemic Risk Monitoring

November 1, 2024

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International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department "Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Systemic Risk Monitoring", Technical Assistance Reports 2024, 090 (2024), accessed November 1, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400290442.019

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Summary

The technical assistance mission aimed to build capacity to enhance financial stability analyses and assessments at the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). It reviewed the latest available Financial Stability Report (FSR) and the analytical toolkit. In particular, the mission assisted the BOJ in estimating sectoral credit risk models to enhance the forward-looking element of its financial stability assessment. The mission explained the Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) approach and provided initial estimates for five sectoral credit risk models, including mortgages to households, personal loans, corporate loans for tourism, corporate loans for construction, and other corporate loans. Additionally, the mission covered topics such as financial stability indicators, credit risk, stress testing, insurance and pension balance sheets, climate risk, interconnectedness, and contagion risk. Several recommendations were provided, covering the FSR, methodological work on the financial stability analytical toolkit, internal and external communication, and data sources and their management. The mission concluded that financial stability should be regarded as equally important as monetary policy and supervision. It emphasized the need for a detailed production plan for the FSR, a comprehensive communication strategy, and the organization of all data in a single data warehouse to support the financial stability analytical toolkit. The mission also highlighted the importance of improving non-bank analyses and regularly reporting on emerging risks, such as climate and cyber risks.

Subject: Financial sector policy and analysis, Financial sector stability

Keywords: Credit risk modeling, Financial sector stability, Financial stability, Financial stability report, Jamaica., Stress testing, Systemic risk

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