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Of Runes and Sagas: Perspectives on Liquidity Stress Testing Using an Iceland Example

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  • Ms. Li L Ong

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The global financial crisis revealed weaknesses in the stress testing exercises performed on financial institutions and systems around the world. These failures were most evident in the area of liquidity risk, where now-obvious vulnerabilities were left largely undetected, with stress tests having largely focused on solvency risk. This paper uses publicly available data from a now-defunct bank in Iceland, where liquidity shocks were immense, to demonstrate how a combination of stress tests of the various risks would have provided a clearer picture of existing vulnerablities. We show that, ultimately, stress test models do not necessarily need to be complex or overly sophisticated. Basic stress tests, using appropriate assumptions and shocks, could reveal key areas of risk to inform contingency planning. The liquidity stress test templates used in this paper are included.

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  • Mr. Martin Cihak & Ms. Li L Ong, 2010. "Of Runes and Sagas: Perspectives on Liquidity Stress Testing Using an Iceland Example," IMF Working Papers 2010/156, International Monetary Fund.
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    1. International Monetary Fund, 2008. "Iceland: Financial System Stability Assessment: Update," IMF Staff Country Reports 2008/368, International Monetary Fund.
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    1. Borio, Claudio & Drehmann, Mathias & Tsatsaronis, Kostas, 2014. "Stress-testing macro stress testing: Does it live up to expectations?," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 12(C), pages 3-15.
    2. Mr. Eugenio M Cerutti & Mr. Christian Schmieder, 2012. "The Need for "Un-consolidating" Consolidated Banks' Stress Tests," IMF Working Papers 2012/288, International Monetary Fund.

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