Indicators used to construct financial vulnerability index
| S. No. | Indicators | Components | Sign | Data source | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banking sector | ||||
| i | Non-performing loans (NPL) | Bank NPL to gross loans | Positive | Global Financial Development Database, World Bank (GFDD, WB) | Lepers and Serrano (2020) |
| ii | Capital | Bank capital to total assets | Negative | GFDD, WB | Lepers and Serrano (2020) |
| iii | Credit disbursed | Bank credit to GDP | Positive | GFDD, WB | Lee et al. (2017) |
| iv | Liquidity | Ratio of liquid assets to deposits and short-term funding | Negative | GFDD, WB | – |
| v | Interconnectedness | Consolidated foreign claims to GDP | Positive | Bank of International Settlements (BIS) | Lee et al. (2017) |
| 2 | External sector | ||||
| i | Current account balance | Current account balance as a percent of GDP | Negative | World Development Indicators, World Bank (WDI, WB) | Lee et al. (2017) |
| ii | Reserves | Total reserve to GDP | Negative | WDI, WB | Lee et al. (2017) |
| 3 | Non-financial sector | ||||
| i | Household credit | Total credit disbursed to household sector as a percent of GDP | Positive | BIS credit series | Lee et al. (2017) |
| ii | Non-financial corporations credit | Total credit to non-financial corporations as a percent of GDP | Positive | BIS credit series | Lee et al. (2017) |
| iii | National savings | Gross domestic savings as a percent of GDP | Negative | International Financial Statistics (IFS), IMF | Lepers and Serrano (2020) |
| 4 | Valuation pressures | ||||
| i | Stock market capitalization | Ratio of market capitalization of listed domestic companies to GDP | Positive | WDI, WB | Lepers and Serrano (2020) |
| ii | Stock price volatility | Average of the 360-day volatility of the national stock market index | Positive | GFDD, WB | Lepers and Serrano (2020) |
| S. No. | Indicators | Components | Sign | Data source | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Non-performing loans (NPL) | Bank NPL to gross loans | Positive | Global Financial Development Database, World Bank (GFDD, WB) | |
| ii | Capital | Bank capital to total assets | Negative | GFDD, WB | |
| iii | Credit disbursed | Bank credit to GDP | Positive | GFDD, WB | |
| iv | Liquidity | Ratio of liquid assets to deposits and short-term funding | Negative | GFDD, WB | – |
| v | Interconnectedness | Consolidated foreign claims to GDP | Positive | Bank of International Settlements (BIS) | |
| i | Current account balance | Current account balance as a percent of GDP | Negative | World Development Indicators, World Bank (WDI, WB) | |
| ii | Reserves | Total reserve to GDP | Negative | WDI, WB | |
| i | Household credit | Total credit disbursed to household sector as a percent of GDP | Positive | BIS credit series | |
| ii | Non-financial corporations credit | Total credit to non-financial corporations as a percent of GDP | Positive | BIS credit series | |
| iii | National savings | Gross domestic savings as a percent of GDP | Negative | International Financial Statistics (IFS), IMF | |
| i | Stock market capitalization | Ratio of market capitalization of listed domestic companies to GDP | Positive | WDI, WB | |
| ii | Stock price volatility | Average of the 360-day volatility of the national stock market index | Positive | GFDD, WB | |
Source(s): Authors' own creation
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