Table 1

Indicators used to construct financial vulnerability index

S. No.IndicatorsComponentsSignData sourceReferences
1Banking sector
iNon-performing loans (NPL)Bank NPL to gross loansPositiveGlobal Financial Development Database, World Bank (GFDD, WB)Lepers and Serrano (2020) 
iiCapitalBank capital to total assetsNegativeGFDD, WBLepers and Serrano (2020) 
iiiCredit disbursedBank credit to GDPPositiveGFDD, WBLee et al. (2017) 
ivLiquidityRatio of liquid assets to deposits and short-term fundingNegativeGFDD, WB
vInterconnectednessConsolidated foreign claims to GDPPositiveBank of International Settlements (BIS)Lee et al. (2017) 
2External sector
iCurrent account balanceCurrent account balance as a percent of GDPNegativeWorld Development Indicators, World Bank (WDI, WB)Lee et al. (2017) 
iiReservesTotal reserve to GDPNegativeWDI, WBLee et al. (2017) 
3Non-financial sector
iHousehold creditTotal credit disbursed to household sector as a percent of GDPPositiveBIS credit seriesLee et al. (2017) 
iiNon-financial corporations creditTotal credit to non-financial corporations as a percent of GDPPositiveBIS credit seriesLee et al. (2017) 
iiiNational savingsGross domestic savings as a percent of GDPNegativeInternational Financial Statistics (IFS), IMFLepers and Serrano (2020) 
4Valuation pressures
iStock market capitalizationRatio of market capitalization of listed domestic companies to GDPPositiveWDI, WBLepers and Serrano (2020) 
iiStock price volatilityAverage of the 360-day volatility of the national stock market indexPositiveGFDD, WBLepers and Serrano (2020) 

Source(s): Authors' own creation

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