'Global Financial Stability Report' is prepared by the

Explicitly states the GFSR is published by the IMF twice a year (April and October).

A student could check IMF publication archives for 2016 to confirm the GFSR publisher that year.

Says the IMF publishes two periodic reports, naming 'World Economic Outlook' and 'Global Financial Stability Report'.

Use the known IMF–report association to rule out other institutions (like the ECB) as the GFSR author in 2016 by checking respective institutions' publication lists for 2016.

Presents a multiple‑choice question listing the ECB as an option for who prepares the GFSR, implying common confusion about the report's authorship.

Recognize this as a distractor option and verify the correct choice (IMF) from authoritative publication records for 2016.

Shows the book treats specific macro reports by name and attributes 'World Economic Outlook' to the IMF, supporting a pattern that major global reports are tied to specific international institutions.

Apply this pattern to infer that GFSR likewise likely has a consistent institutional author (check IMF vs ECB 2016 lists to confirm).

States that the IMF publishes two periodic reports, naming 'World Economic Outlook' and 'Global Financial Stability Report'.

A student could combine this with the basic fact that the IMF — not the World Bank/IBRD — is the publisher of those named reports to doubt the IBRD attribution.

Explicitly says the GFSR is published by the IMF twice a year, likening it to the WEO.

Use this pattern (IMF publishes WEO and GFSR) plus a list of World Bank publications to separate IMF and IBRD roles.

Contains a multiple‑choice question listing the GFSR and offering IBRD and IMF as possible answers, implying there is a specific institutional author to be chosen.

Recognize such MCQs often test which institution issues which report; compare against authoritative attributions (e.g., IMF) to eliminate IBRD.

Shows that the World Bank issues 'Global Economic Prospects' (a different report), illustrating that World Bank/IBRD produce distinct reports from IMF.

Distinguish between World Bank (GEP) and IMF (WEO/GFSR) publications using a world‑institutional mapping to infer GFSR likely not IBRD's.

Defines IBRD as part of the World Bank Group, clarifying institutional identity (World Bank vs IMF).

Combine this identification with the attribution of GFSR to IMF to argue that IBRD (World Bank arm) is a different publisher and unlikely the GFSR author.

States that the IMF publishes two periodic reports: 'World Economic Outlook' and 'Global Financial Stability Report'.

A student could combine this with basic knowledge that the IMF (not OECD) issues those flagship reports to infer OECD is unlikely the GFSR publisher in 2016.

Explicitly says GFSR is published by the IMF twice a year (April and October) and describes its role.

Use the publication frequency and publisher attribution to check historical 2016 GFSR editions (IMF archives) rather than OECD sources.

Shows a pattern/question identifying 'World Economic Outlook' as an IMF publication, linking IMF to major periodic global economic reports.

A student can generalize that IMF, not OECD, is the institution that regularly issues these named global reports and so likely issued the 2016 GFSR.

Contains a multiple-choice question listing OECD and IMF among options for who prepares the 'Global Financial Stability Report', indicating the report is commonly associated with those institutions in exam material.

A student can treat this as a prompt to prefer the option corroborated elsewhere (IMF) and therefore discount OECD as the preparer in 2016.

Notes that IMF publishes other periodic external-sector assessments, demonstrating IMF's role in issuing regular global financial reports.

Combine this with the IMF attribution for GFSR to reinforce that IMF — a regular issuer of global reports — rather than OECD prepared the GFSR in 2016.