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The global crisis has underscored the need for effective global financial safety nets to protect countries with sound policy frameworks from adverse outcomes. Complementing the traditional crisis resolution role of the IMF, which has been instrumental during the recent crisis and is expected to...
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The issue of productivity growth in Canada has received considerable attention reflecting its marked slowdown since the … in Canada, it is useful to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) into investment-specific productivity change (ISP …) and technologically neutral productivity change (TNP). The gap in manufacturing productivity growth between Canada and the …
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The paper presents Canada’s report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF …) recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT). Canada has strengthened its overall …
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The spillovers from the U.S. economy to Canada have been assessed. It uses structural vector autoregressions to analyze … the role of financial linkages in real and financial spillovers from the United States to Canada. The implications of … Canada’s predictable price level have been analyzed. Innovative small and medium-size enterprises have significantly greater …
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slowdown in large part has reflected the slowing in the United States economy, which has reduced growth in Canada’s exports and …
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This paper documents two aspects of Canada’s regional diversity and compares the results with those across U.S. regions … the reduction in macroeconomic volatility in Canada after the introduction of inflation targeting is largely attributable …
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This Selected Issues paper assesses the long-term fiscal position of Canada. Simulations based on current tax and …
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put in place during the decade. The Bank of Canada raised interest rates markedly in 2000 as estimates of slack in the … reflect economic conditions in Canada and should aim to allow the economy to seek its productive potential without …
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Between 1980 and 1995, labor productivity in the business sector grew at an average annual rate in Canada, which was … to labor productivity growth has been more modest in Canada than in the United States …
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This report evaluates the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Fiscal Transparency Module for Canada. Fiscal … management in Canada meets the requirements of the fiscal transparency code and in a number of instances represents best practice … forecasts. Canada also deserves high marks for statistical integrity, impartial tax administration, open procurement, and a …
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