Stress testing the banking systems: Approach of Ukraine

Authors

  • Dr. Olena Sobolieva-Tereshchenko Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Ukraine
  • Dr. Yuliya Zhukova Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v7i2.358

Keywords:

bank system, stress testing, Basel III, core capital, regulatory capital

Abstract

Scientific-methodical approaches to stress testing Ukrainian banking system in the context of the banks groups: state-owned, owned by Russia, foreign, private Ukrainian are analyzed in this study. It identifies an influence of the different groups in regulate the level of financial stability of the banking system. Highest level of financial stability of Ukrainian banking system was found to be connected with activity foreign banks from Eastern Europe and Central Asia exclaims banks owned by Russia and Ukraine.

The proposed study, by using NBU stress testing scenario and by impacting of the devaluation of the national currency, presents the improved methodology for determining the level of financial stability of banking groups in terms of crisis increase exchange rate. This study was conducted by way of review of the data on bank core capital and regulatory capital, real and nominal GDP, consumer price index and reducing the rate of UAH to EUR.

Author Biographies

Dr. Olena Sobolieva-Tereshchenko, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University Ukraine

Olena Sobolieva-Tereshchenko, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor, currently works at the Department of Finance and Economics, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. Olena has 15 years of banking experience, 9 years of experience teaching in different Ukrainian universities. Sobolieva-Tereshchenko is an author of few dozen scientific papers, 3 scientific monographs, and 2 articles in Scopus. Her main scientific interests are in the research of national economy development, finance, loyalty systems, accounting, analisys and banking.

Dr. Yuliya Zhukova, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University

Zhukova Yuliya, Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor, currently works at the Department of Finance and Economics, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University. Yuliya has a 21-year teaching experience in different Ukrainian universities. Yuliya has a few dozen articles. Research interests: macroeconomic policy and economic growth.

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Published

2020-08-06

How to Cite

Sobolieva-Tereshchenko, O., & Zhukova , Y. (2020). Stress testing the banking systems: Approach of Ukraine. Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR), 7(2), 205–218. https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v7i2.358