In its Financial Stability Report last December, the Financial Services Authority reported that a third of commercial property loans were in "forbearance".
While the Nobel committee deliberated, the IMF hinted at some of these challenges in its recent global financial stability report.
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The October 2012 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) finds increased risks to the global financial system, with the euro-zone crisis the principal source of concern.
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The IMF devoted part of its global financial-stability report to them.
Formally, he'll be answering questions on the Bank's November 2012 Financial Stability Report, but there may be a valedictory flavour to his appearance as his term of office draws to a close.
For instance, the bank's latest Financial Stability Report, released on Thursday, warned that the euro zone's debt woes were threatening to ignite a systemic financial crisis, with all that implied for the economy.
The immensely sober-sided Bank of England issued, just over a year ago, a severe critique of contemporary monetary policy, Financial Stability Report No. 13 , scoring it as far worse performing, empirically, than the gold standard.
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Well, the central bank, the Bank of Spain, has estimated - in its last Financial Stability Report - that Spanish banks are sitting on what it calls "troubled" property and construction loans of 184bn euros, equivalent to more than 17% of Spanish GDP.
The IMF also published an update to its Global Financial Stability Report said that risks to financial stability in the banking sector had increased in the second quarter of this year because of the continued slow global recovery and fears about the quality of bank assets in Europe.
Focusing on security is the only way that Britain and its allies will achieve long-term stability in Afghanistan, the report said.
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The foreign ministry also stressed that China's arms exports abide by legal norms and pose no threat to global peace and stability in response to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute on China replacing Britain as the world's fifth-largest arms exporter, says Beijing Times.
"Elections, weak coalition governments, the health of presidents and the emergence of newly aligned opposition parties could easily undermine stability, " warns a recent report by Peregrine Securities International.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) prepared the report based on evidence compiled by the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the International Organization of Security Commissions.
This completed a hat-trick: on May 25th, a report on bank supervision from the Financial Stability Forum, a group of international regulators, had ranked the islands in the lowest grade.
"It is not just a question of tackling corruption in business - it is also important for financial and economic stability and the ongoing reforms of the global financial architecture, " the report said.
The Financial Stability Board (FSB), a committee of financial supervisors, issued a report on ETFs.
Central bank liquidity policy needs refining and harmonising, as the Financial Stability Forum, a group of banking-industry regulators, made clear in a report in April.
The Ofsted report raised concerns about a number of areas including decision making, information sharing and stability of the workforce.
Professor Nye is co-author of the CSIS Armitage-Nye Report, officially entitled: The U.S.-Alliance, Anchoring Stability in Asia ( see this link).
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The progress report says that political progress has been made "at an uneven pace" but welcomes the stability of the current government.
Kan said excessive currency moves can harm financial stability and that he hopes the Bank of Japan will take appropriate monetary policy steps, according to a Reuters report.
Association of School and College Leaders general secretary Brian Lightman said the report highlighted the pressing need for a long term strategy for our education system, which will provide the stability school and college leaders require in order to embed sustainable improvements.
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