Commodity Price Shocks and Financial Sector Fragility /

This paper investigates the impact of commodity price shocks on financial sector fragility. Using a large sample of 71 commodity exporters among emerging and developing economies, it shows that negative shocks to commodity prices tend to weaken the financial sector, with larger shocks having more pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kinda, Tidiane
Other Authors: Mlachila, Montfort, Ouedraogo, Rasmane
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2016.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2016/012
Online Access:Full text available on IMF