Download or read book Nordic Regional Report written by International Monetary Fund. European Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines 2013 Cluster Consultation—a Nordic Regional IMF staff report. Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden that form the Nordic region share a set of strong economic and social institutions and policies, with emphasis on education, high income equality, high employment, innovative and competitive business environment, etc. The IMF report suggests that strong national financial sector policies and regional cooperation would help mitigate common challenges and shared risks. Cooperative regional policies, such as introducing binding macroprudential minima and clear ex ante burden-sharing arrangements are expected to help limit the costs from any large bank failures.