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The index for monitoring of reforms (iMoRe) is +0.4 points for the period from Aug. 6 – Aug. 19, 2018. The main events of the round are new requirements to ensure the stability of banks by the results of stress testing.

New requirements for ensuring the sustability of banks, +2 points
Stress tests are conducted to assess banks’ ability to withstand downturns in financial market.

The NBU recommends to take into account the following factors to avoid risk:

  • economic stability (economic downturn, radical change in the economic development vector, defaults of first-class borrowing companies, etc.);

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