Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its Management. Workshop on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA in EECCA Countries and Linkages with BPM6 and GFSM 2014 Istanbul (May 6–8, 2015) Florina Tanase, Deputy Division Chief, IMF Statistics Department The Importance of Balance Sheet Information

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Overview  Why Balance Sheets Matter?  Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance  Data Sources and Data Gaps for the Balance Sheet Analysis  Looking Forward 2

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Why Balance Sheets Matter? “National balance sheet analysis, examining vulnerabilities in all sectors individually and in aggregate, could have made a difference to preventing the global financial crisis.“ Sir Paul Tucker, Former BOE Deputy Governor, from the 2014 Triennial Surveillance Review (TSR) External Study on Risks and Spillovers. 3

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (1/10)  Economic and financial surveillance: one of the most important roles of the IMF; it focuses on identifying risks and policies to mitigate them  Keeping surveillance relevant: triennial surveillance reviews (TSRs) with the most recent completed in September 2014  2014 TSR priorities: Deepen analysis of risks and spillovers Increase attention to national balance sheets and cross-border positions Further develop the balance sheet approach (BSA) based on granular national and external balance sheets 4

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (2/10)  Key recommendation of the 2014 TSR: strengthen analysis of national balance sheets “The Fund has overhauled its surveillance to make it more risk based and better reflect global interconnections… The goal now is to take this work to the next level, by focusing more on how risks spread across countries and how, in turn, spillovers can transmit across sectors.” 5

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (3/10) Why develop balance sheet analysis?  TSR proposes expanding balance sheet analysis in surveillance for: Indicators of balance sheet vulnerability (i.e., FX mismatches) Scenario analysis tracing transmission of shocks across sectors Assess consistency of growth outlook and balance sheet condition  Exploit data improvements using BSA matrix as surveillance tool Start with basic sector disaggregation possible with IMF data and expand  Allows analysis of linkages across sectors, not just one sector at a time 6

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (4/10)  The IMF use of balance sheets in surveillance evolved over time: Pre-Asian crisis: balance sheets with focus on public and external debt Asian crisis led to development of the balance sheet matrix covering entire economy—balance sheet approach (BSA) Global crisis highlighted gaps in balance sheet analysis related to (i) increased financial complexity and (ii) inadequate surveillance of cross-border links between balance sheets  Focus of the BSA: Stocks of assets and liabilities System of interlinked sectoral balance sheets 7

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its Management. (Example 1: FX shock-corporates borrow in FX) Government Financial Sector Other Non-External TOTAL (incl. Central Bank)Financial Sectors ALALALALAL Government In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Financial Sector (incl. Central Bank) In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Other Non- Financial Sectors In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT External In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT TOTAL In domestic currency In foreign currency Issuer of the Liability (Debtor Sector) Holder of the Liability (Creditor Sector) Increase in NPLs Depreciation of the domestic currency Reduced lending Corporate bankruptcy

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its Management. (Example 2: liquidity shock) Government Financial Sector Other Non-External TOTAL (incl. Central Bank)Financial Sectors ALALALALAL Government In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Financial Sector (incl. Central Bank) In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Other Non- Financial Sectors In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT External In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT TOTAL In domestic currency In foreign currency Issuer of the Liability (Debtor Sector) Holder of the Liability (Creditor Sector) Unable to rollover external debt Loss of liquidity Fire Sale of Assets Default on loans and bonds Rise in NPLs losses on assets Reduced lending

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department The views expressed herein are those of the author and should not be attributed to the IMF, its Executive Board, or its Management. (Example 3: contingent liabilities materialize) Government Financial Sector Other Non-External TOTAL (incl. Central Bank)Financial Sectors ALALALALAL Government In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Financial Sector (incl. Central Bank) In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT Other Non- Financial Sectors In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT External In domestic currency ST LT In foreign currency ST LT TOTAL In domestic currency In foreign currency Issuer of the Liability (Debtor Sector) Holder of the Liability (Creditor Sector) Reduced lending Rise in interest rates Banks' exposure to sovereign Feedback loop to government Rise in debt from contingent liability

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (8/10)  BSA allows analysis of key risks, as it generates indicators of Currency mismatches Maturity mismatches and liquidity risks Capital structure mismatches (leverage) Solvency or credit risks  Bilateral linkages between sectors in the BSA illustrate how shocks might propagate across sectors, including the potential for feedback effects that may magnify their initial impact 11

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Analysis in IMF Surveillance (9/10) 12

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Balance Sheet Matrix (Expanded) d GovernmentCentral Bank Banks (ODC) Other Financial Corporation (OFC) Non Financial Sector (Corp. + HH)External ALALALALALAL Government Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Central Bank Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Banks (ODC) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Other Financial Corp. (OFC) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Non Financial Sector (Corp. + HH) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency External Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Holder of the Liability (Creditor Sector) Issuer of the Liability (Debtor Sector)

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Data Sources and Data Gaps for Balance Sheet Analysis (1/5) A BSA matrix can be filled (much but not all) with data from various IMF datasets:  Standardized Report Forms (SRFs)  External sector statistics International Investment Position (IIP) Quarterly external debt statistics (QEDS) Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS)  Government finance statistics (GFS)  Public Sector Debt Statistics (PSDS) 14

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Country Example GovernmentCentral Bank Banks (ODC) Financial Sector (OFC) Non Financial Sector (Corp. + HH)External TOTAL ALALALALALALAL Government Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Central Bank Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Banks (ODC) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Non-Bank Financial (OFC) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency Non Financial Sector (Corporate + Household) Total In domestic currency In foreign currency External Total In domestic currency In foreign currency TOTAL In domestic currency In foreign currency Holder of the Liability (Creditor Sector) Issuer of the Liability (Debtor Sector) , , , ,8812,7333,8094, ,4272, ,8873, ,7332, ,3002, , , , ,0513, ,3712, , SRF - Based 1, , , ,703 1,6603,377 1,660 2,1541, ,6172,154 GFS-Based 4171, ,3703,7286,112 3,7286,112 BS Identity IIP-Based

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Data Sources and Data Gaps for Balance Sheet Analysis (3/5) Progress has been made through various initiatives:  Data Gaps Initiative with focus on priority areas identified by the crisis for G-20 Global Systemically Important Financial Institutions International banking statistics, securities statistics, IIP, CPIS Sectoral balance sheets  SDDS Plus Includes all data sets relevant for sectoral balance sheets  IMF/STA technical assistance/training/outreach 16

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Data Sources and Data Gaps for Balance Sheet Analysis (4/5)  Around thirty countries report all needed data Biggest gap: data on nonbank financial institutions (OFCs)  The BSA matrix is still useful for surveillance when data are incomplete In some emerging markets and low income countries, OFC balance sheets are small and can be ignored Gaps need to be identified and filled from national sources 17

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Data Sources and Data Gaps for Balance Sheet Analysis (5/5) Main data gaps for balance sheet analysis:  Coverage Nonbank financial institutions Corporate sector Household sector Off-balance sheet data  Granularity Breakdown by major currencies Breakdown by remaining maturity Bilateral counterpart information 18

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Looking Forward (1/2)  Comprehensive reporting of data on IMF report forms is a key Euro area collects but does not report OFC data as systems are being adapted  Identify data gaps from policy needs with priorities being based on capacity of countries 19

Government Finance Division IMF Statistics Department Looking Forward (2/2)  Augment BSA to analyze linkages within each sector (e.g., within financial sector—analyze links between banks and nonbanking financial institutions)  Construct Global Flow-of-Funds (GFF) analysis to show spillover channels between national balance sheets additional data are needed to construct of full GFF matrix a partial GFF matrix is also useful to analyze financial spillovers (e.g., IIP, international banking statistics, and CPIS data give cross country bilateral financial linkages) 20