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The dating of cyclical phenomena in economies, such as business cycles, is at the core of economic policy research. Moreover, policy decisions which are due to affect interacting economies should take into account the economies' connectedness and synchronicity. The cross-country analysis of...
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Timely and accurate signals about the current state of the economy are essential for analysts. The objective of the paper is to compare the accuracy of PMI-based nowcast of current quarter-on-quarter real GDP growth with that of the flash GDP estimateIn-sample regressions for 1998Q3-2011Q1...
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to these programs as well. For instance, UI is known to discourage search intensity, as well as decrease job creation by … benefit extensions during economic downturns are appropriate. The proposed paper develops a search model of the U.S. labor … develop a general equilibrium search model similar to that of Pissarides (1990) and applied to the optimal UI literature by …
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in the Euro area, Japan, the UK or the USA. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) Classification Codes: C32, E32, F43, O55 … Euro area, Japan, the UK and the USA will not affect South Africa as much as before, since trade with these areas declined …
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Ireland is (together with Greece and Portugal) a euro-zone country, which is receiving financial assistance. It is conditional on acceptance of recommendations of common experts groups of European commission, European central bank and International monetary fund. Macroeconomic stabilization...
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Cross-country differences in output persistence are well documented in the literature. Further, Fatás (2000) finds a strong positive correlation between the persistence of fluctuations and long-term average growth rates for a sample that includes the G7 countries and eight additional OECD...
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In this context, there is a need to assess the role of MFIs to the sustainable growth of women microenterprises, the promotion of entrepreneurship activities and reducing poverty in Sudan. These are therefore the objectives of this research, which in addition tries to investigate the level to...
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This study presents a model that delivers more accurate forecasts of the revised rather initial estimates of the quarterly GDP growth rate in Switzerland during the period of the recent financial crisis. The key explanation to our findings is that our model, capitalizing on the information...
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When dealing with credit booms driven by capital inflows, monetary authorities in emerging markets are often reluctant to raise interest rates, as they fear that an increase attracts even more capital and appreciates the currency. A number of countries therefore use reserve requirements as an...
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Developing economies, like Nigeria, have historically been reluctant to admitting more than a moderate degree of exchange rate flexibility due to the fear that such variations might feed into domestic prices. The potential vulnerability of small and open economies to exchange rate pass-through...
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