COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?

Firms and individual borrowers are experiencing a sharp decrease in income due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them unable to meet their credit obligations. Governments, Central Banks and financial sector regulators across the globe have proactiv...

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Main Authors: Masunda, Collen, Sankaranarayanan, Shalini, Chhabra, Pratibha, Fraboni, Fabrizio, Salamina, Luz Maria
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/446871590005299037/COVID-19-Emergency-Policy-Responses-Why-Credit-Reporting-Matters-in-the-Stabilization-and-Recovery-Phases
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spelling okr-10986-338142021-05-25T09:56:32Z COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases? Masunda, Collen Sankaranarayanan, Shalini Chhabra, Pratibha Fraboni, Fabrizio Salamina, Luz Maria CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEM FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM SMALL BUSINESS LOAN CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE FINANCIAL LITERACY FINANCIAL REGULATION Firms and individual borrowers are experiencing a sharp decrease in income due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them unable to meet their credit obligations. Governments, Central Banks and financial sector regulators across the globe have proactively intervened to support the credit markets and avert a possible credit freeze by introducing unprecedented measures such as regulatory forbearance (includes moratoria on repayments, extension of past-due days). Given the interplay between fiscal, monetary and prudential policies, there is need for a coordinated and holistic approach to policy formulation and implementation to increase the likelihood of success of these measures in the longer term. For example, it is important that measures be carefully implemented, mindful of the implications on the credit information cycle because inaccurate and untimely data may delay recovery from the crisis. Properly functioning credit reporting systems can assist in the stabilization and recovery phases through supporting private sector credit granting, minimizing cost of public intervention, data driven policy formulation, credit classifications and IFRS 9 ECL computations. 2020-05-27T15:30:15Z 2020-05-27T15:30:15Z 2020-05-12 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/446871590005299037/COVID-19-Emergency-Policy-Responses-Why-Credit-Reporting-Matters-in-the-Stabilization-and-Recovery-Phases http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33814 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
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topic CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY
CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL REGULATION
spellingShingle CREDIT REPORTING SYSTEM
FINANCIAL SECTOR POLICY
CREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEM
SMALL BUSINESS LOAN
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
FINANCIAL LITERACY
FINANCIAL REGULATION
Masunda, Collen
Sankaranarayanan, Shalini
Chhabra, Pratibha
Fraboni, Fabrizio
Salamina, Luz Maria
COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
description Firms and individual borrowers are experiencing a sharp decrease in income due to COVID-19 (coronavirus), making them unable to meet their credit obligations. Governments, Central Banks and financial sector regulators across the globe have proactively intervened to support the credit markets and avert a possible credit freeze by introducing unprecedented measures such as regulatory forbearance (includes moratoria on repayments, extension of past-due days). Given the interplay between fiscal, monetary and prudential policies, there is need for a coordinated and holistic approach to policy formulation and implementation to increase the likelihood of success of these measures in the longer term. For example, it is important that measures be carefully implemented, mindful of the implications on the credit information cycle because inaccurate and untimely data may delay recovery from the crisis. Properly functioning credit reporting systems can assist in the stabilization and recovery phases through supporting private sector credit granting, minimizing cost of public intervention, data driven policy formulation, credit classifications and IFRS 9 ECL computations.
format Policy Note
author Masunda, Collen
Sankaranarayanan, Shalini
Chhabra, Pratibha
Fraboni, Fabrizio
Salamina, Luz Maria
author_facet Masunda, Collen
Sankaranarayanan, Shalini
Chhabra, Pratibha
Fraboni, Fabrizio
Salamina, Luz Maria
author_sort Masunda, Collen
title COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
title_short COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
title_full COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
title_fullStr COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
title_full_unstemmed COVID 19 Emergency Policy Responses : Why Credit Reporting Matters in the Stabilization and Recovery Phases?
title_sort covid 19 emergency policy responses : why credit reporting matters in the stabilization and recovery phases?
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/446871590005299037/COVID-19-Emergency-Policy-Responses-Why-Credit-Reporting-Matters-in-the-Stabilization-and-Recovery-Phases
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