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Effects on the trade and non-traded sectors
Leitemo, Kai (contributor); Røisland, Øistein (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Inflation targeting strategies in small open economies
Leitemo, Kai (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001536255
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Mexico: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Press Release
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that after a sharp slowdown in 2013, growth in Mexico is projected to recover to 2.4 percent this year. The strong recovery in the United States in the second quarter of 2014 has triggered a rebound in Mexico’s manufacturing production and...
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Rethinking Macro Policy II; Getting Granular
Blanchard, Olivier J.; Dell'Ariccia, Giovanni; Mauro, Paolo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This note explores how the economic thinking about macroeconomic management has evolved since the crisis began. It discusses developments in monetary policy, including unconventional measures; the challenges associated with increased public debt; and the policy potential, risks, and...
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Wage setting under different monetary regimes
Holden, Steinar (contributor) - 1999 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Frontiers of Monetary Policymaking: Adding the Exchange Rate as a Tool to Combat Deflationary Risks in the Czech Republic
Alichi, Ali; Benes, Jaromir; Felman, Joshua; Feng, Irene; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The paper first describes how the Czech National Bank (CNB) moved gradually from a fixed exchange rate regime to the frontiers of Inflation-Forecast Targeting. It then focuses on the CNB’s recent experience in adding the exchange rate as a complementary monetary policy tool to stimulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242190
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Sweden; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues paper discusses capital and liquidity regulations in Sweden. It recaps the recent debates on … capital and liquidity buffers, and discusses a way to consider appropriate levels of capital and liquidity buffers in the case … of Sweden. The paper estimates the government’s contingent liabilities from banks by different capital and liquidity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244133
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The Case for a Long-Run Inflation Target of Four Percent
Ball, Laurence M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Many central banks target an inflation rate near two percent. This essay argues that policymakers would do better to target four percent inflation. A four percent target would ease the constraints on monetary policy arising from the zero bound on interest rates, with the result that economic...
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Output Gap Uncertainty and Real-Time Monetary Policy
Grigoli, Francesco; Herman, Alexander; Swiston, Andrew; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Output gap estimates are subject to a wide range of uncertainty owing to data revisions and the difficulty in distinguishing between cycle and trend in real time. This is important given the central role in monetary policy of assessments of economic activity relative to capacity. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163120
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Introducing a Semi-Structural Macroeconomic Model for Rwanda
Charry, Luisa; Gupta, Pranav; Thakoor, Vimal - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
We develop a simple semistructural model for the Rwandan economy to better understand the monetary policy transmission mechanism. A key feature of the model is the introduction of a modified uncovered interest parity condition to capture key structural features of Rwanda’s economy and...
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