Financial Stability Report - 2010 H1

This is the fourth issue of the Bank of Albania’s Financial Stability Report, which will be produced half-yearly starting from year 2010. The purpose of this Report is to detect and assess the risks posed to the financial system and its infrastructure, to give public authorities the opportunity to identify relevant measures for necessary corrections. The Report is opened with the Financial Stability Statement, whose half-yearly publication is a legal requirement. This Report is produced by making use of Bank of Albania’s available data and the information shared among authorities supervising the financial market activity. It has also used information and analyses from public and private international financial institutions. The data and analyses mainly cover the 2010 H1 developments. If not otherwise stated in the Report, expectations for future economic and financial outlook are extended until year-end.