TY - BOOK AU - Lindgren, Carl-Johan. TI - Bank soundness and macroeconomic policy SN - 155775599X AV - HG 1573 .L55 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Washington, D. C PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Garcia, Gillian G. H. KW - Saal, Matthew I. KW - Bancos KW - Instituciones financieras KW - Política económica KW - Macroeconomía N1 - Foreword, v --; Preface, vii --; Acknowledgement, xi --; Part I. Worldwide Experience with Bank Fragility --; 1. Introduction, 3 --; 2. Banking in the Economy—Why Banks Warrant Special Attention, 6 --; 3. Defining, Measuring, and Predicting Soundness, 9 --; Annex. Survey of Banking Problems Worldwide, 20 --; Part II. Macroeconomic Causes and Consequences of Unsound Banking Systems --; 4. Macroeconomic Causes of Bank Unsoundness, 39 --; 5. Macroeconomic Consequences of an Unsound Banking System, 57 --; Annex. Selected Case Studies —Quantitative Analysis, 82 --; Part III. Maintaining a Sound Banking System --; 6. Operating Environment, 93 --; 7. Internal Governance, 105 --; 8. External Governance: Market Discipline, 114 --; 9. External Governance: Regulation and Supervision, 123 --; 10. Challenges Confronting Regulation and Supervision, 136 --; 11. International Governance, 148 --; Part IV. Conclusions: Policy Design and Flexibility --; 12. Macroeconomic Policy Design, 161 --; 13. The Banking System and Macroeconomic Policy Flexibility, 159 --; Appendices: I. The Value of a Bank, 173 --; Annex: Business Accounting, 182 --; II. Supervisory Instruments, 185 --; References, 205 ER -