The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo announced that it is hosting an International Monetary Fund technical assistance mission from 12 to 22 May 2026 to complete remaining work on systemic risk analysis and stress testing. The mission is part of follow-up work after the diagnostic phase of Kosovo's Financial Sector Stability Review and is intended to further embed stress testing in the central bank's financial stability framework. The work covers calibration of macroeconomic stress scenarios using statistically based approaches, execution of a full solvency stress test, and further development of liquidity stress testing. This includes bank-specific Liquidity Coverage Ratio stress scenarios, the start of cash flow based liquidity analysis, and further development of system-level liquidity analysis. During the mission, IMF experts will work with central bank staff through practical technical sessions to support the stress-testing exercises and identify remaining gaps in data, modelling and analysis. The mission's findings and recommendations will inform the central bank's future work agenda on financial stability.
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo2026-05-12
Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo hosts IMF technical assistance mission on systemic risk analysis and stress testing
The Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo is hosting an IMF technical assistance mission from 12 to 22 May 2026 to complete systemic risk analysis and stress testing under the Financial Sector Stability Review. The mission will calibrate macroeconomic stress scenarios, execute a full solvency stress test, and further develop liquidity stress testing, including bank-specific Liquidity Coverage Ratio scenarios and system-level liquidity analysis. IMF experts will work with central bank staff to support these exercises, address data and modelling gaps, and shape the bank’s future financial stability agenda.