01805cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014212 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475513790 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department. El Salvador : Financial System Stability Assessment. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (65 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper presents an assessment of financial sector stability in El Salvador. The findings reveal that the financial system of El Salvador was resilient in the face of the global shocks and political uncertainty that took a toll on the economy in 2009. The new stand-by arrangement with the IMF bolstered confidence in the new authority's policies and eased concern over the limited lender-of-last-resort capacity of the central bank. Despite the adverse economic environment of 2009, banks' capitalization and liquidity remain high, and stress tests indicate that most banks could withstand severe shocks. Regulated nonbanks are also sound, but pension funds' poor profitability could pose a problem in the longer term. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2014/044 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2014/044/002.2014.issue-044-en.xml IMF e-Library