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GEM; A New International Macroeconomic Model
Bayoumi, Tamim; Faruqee, Hamid; Laxton, Douglas; Karam, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
Over the past two years, the IMF staff has been developing a new multicountry macroeconomic model called the Global Economy Model (GEM). This paper explains why such a model is needed, how GEM differs from its predecessor model, and how the new features of the model can improve the IMF’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005590952
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International evidence on the stability of the optimizing IS equation
Kara, Amit (contributor); Nelson, Edward (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], rev
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001982872
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Canada; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Canada’s macroeconomic and policy performance has continued to outshine most other industrial countries, and its outlook remains favorable. The new government has pledged to maintain the strong social consensus in favor of fiscal surpluses, while aiming at enhancing incentives. The new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243614
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Inflation and Fiscal Deficits; The Irrelevance of Debt and Money Financing
Barrionuevo, José M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1992
current consumption leads to an equal increase in inflation. The timing of this increase varies with the size of the deficit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263970
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The International Monetary System in the (Very) Long Run
Sussman, Nathan; Eichengreen, Barry J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper takes stock of the evolution of the international monetary system over the last thousand years. Several points stand out from the analysis. One is the reluctance of governments to embrace radical changes in international monetary relations. Another is the conflict between external and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264089
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Money, Meat, and Inflation; Using Price Data to Understand An Export Shock in Sudan
Ramcharan, Rodney - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
Sudanese inflation dramatically fell in 2000. But just prior to the sharp decline, an export ban was placed on Sudanese livestock. Motivated by this clue, and in the absence of any reliable income or employment data, this paper systematically develops simultaneous models of the consumer price...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825891
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How to Fight Deflation in a Liquidity Trap; Committing to Being Irresponsible
Eggertsson, Gauti B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
can be analyzed as a credibility problem if the government has only one policy instrument, money supply carried out by … solve the credibility problem. They involve printing money or nominal debt and either (1) cutting taxes, (2) buying real … these policy instruments. It commits to higher money supply in the future so that the private sector expects inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599394
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The ECB’s Monetary Analysis Revisited
Berger, Helge; Harjes, Thomas; Stavrev, Emil - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
money, surveying the ongoing theoretical and empirical debate. The key conclusion is that an exclusive focus on non … policy decisions by providing a clearer narrative of the relative role of money in the interaction with other economic and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599686
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Inflation in Pakistan; Money or Wheat?
Khan, Mohsin S.; Schimmelpfennig, Axel - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
Pakistan. A stylized inflation model is specified that includes standard monetary variables (money supply, credit to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604974
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Money and Inflation in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Bonato, Leo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
real money balances, the approach followed here focuses on the relationship between nominal variables and inflation. The … at the end of the sample. The estimates confirm the strong relationship between money and inflation when M1 is used, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605268