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Inflation Targeting As a Framework for Monetary Policy
International Monetary Fund - 1998
Inflation distorts prices, erodes savings, discourages investment,stimulates capital flight, inhibits growth, and makes economic planning anightmare. During the past decade, several advanced economies have takena new approach to the age-old problem of controlling inflation throughmonetary policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397664
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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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Republic of Korea; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for the Republic of Korea focuses on the role of monetary policy in the current context of slowing growth and rising inflation pressures. Korea has not remained immune to the global slowdown, and with the cycle turning downward, the trade-off between inflation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245257
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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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Czech Republic; Technical Note on Macroprudential Policy Framework
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
banks would have sufficient capital and liquidity buffers to withstand a double-dip recession. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244175
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Slovak Republic; 2005 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The Slovak Republic’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that sound macroeconomic management and a wide range of fundamental structural reforms are supporting nominal convergence with European Union norms. Real GDP growth accelerated to 6 percent in 2005, driven by an improvement in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244180
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Turkey: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Turkish economy achieved a welcome reduction of imbalances in 2012. In 2013, growth has accelerated significantly on the back of a monetary and fiscal policy stimulus. The economy is projected to expand by 3.8 percent this year, with private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244217
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United Kingdom; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Supplement; Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director f...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that the United Kingdom’s economic growth was above trend in 2006 and 2007. In terms of expenditure, the expansion was largely driven by private consumption, on the heels of strong employment, steady real wage and living standards growth, and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244220
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Republic of Poland; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper provides three policy lessons to take full advantage of the opportunity afforded by EU funds. The main features of the global integrated monetary and fiscal (GIMF) model and how it was modified to account for income convergence are discussed. The impact of EU funds as exhibited in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244276
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Indonesia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for Indonesia uses a small structural macroeconomics model of the Indonesian economy to analyze the inflation outlook and monetary policy challenges. The Bank of Indonesia (BI) introduced its Inflation Targeting Framework in July 2005 with the goal to reduce inflation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244290