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International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper analyzes the main conceptual issues that arise in assessing external sustainability with a view toward developing operational criteria for the purposes of multilateral surveillance. The main contribution of the analysis is to show how conditional forecasts of external imbalance may be...

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Advancing the frontiers of monetary policy

Adrian, Tobias (ed.); Laxton, Douglas (ed.); … - 2018

Inflation-forecast targeting is state of the art for monetary policy. This book explores first principles, including …Part I. The frontiers of monetary policymaking. 1. An overview of inflation-forecast targeting -- Part II. Principles … and practices of inflation-forecast targeting. 2. First principles -- 3. Managing expectations -- 4. Nuts and bolts of a …

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Neglected Heterogeneity and Dynamics in Cross-Country Savings Regressions

International Monetary Fund - 1999

This paper examines the extent to which conclusions of cross-country studies of private savings are robust to allowing for the possible heterogeneity of savings behavior across countries and the inclusion of dynamics. It shows that neglecting heterogeneity and dynamics can lead to misleading...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400163

Pension Reform in Belgium

International Monetary Fund - 1996

This paper reviews the financial implications of aging for the pension system in Belgium during 1995-2050. Our simulations indicate a strong rise in pension expenditure over the next half century, as is the case in other industrialized countries. In Belgium, the problem is particularly acute in...

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Staff Studies for the World Econ Outlook

International Monetary Fund - 1987

This paper reviews the long-term growth performance of the major industrial countries and discusses some of the many factors that have been identified as possible sources of the marked slowdown in growth since the early 1970s. According to the view of different demographic developments across...

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Russian Federation; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codesâ€”Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessment Using Data Quality Assessment Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This report on the Russian Federationâ€™s Observance of Standards and Codes highlights the Data Module and response by the authorities. Russiaâ€™s statistical system has made good progress in adopting international statistical methodologies in response to the need to capture in the...

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Mexico; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codesâ€”Data Module; Response by the Authorities; and Detailed Assessments Using Data Quality Assessment Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

This data module of the Report on Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) for Mexico contains a brief assessment of dissemination practices relative to the Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) of the IMF. The findings reveal that dissemination of data subject to the SDDS is in observance...

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Russian Federation; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the entrenched inflation in Russia. It presents a possible explanation for the entrenched inflation stating that the Russian economy is facing increasing supply-side constraints in goods and labor markets. The paper focuses on measuring the performance of...

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Peru; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using Data Quality Assessment Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003

The coverage, periodicity, and timeliness for macroeconomic data in Peru are summarized and compared with Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) specifications. The human, financial, and computing resources allocated to the existing program of statistics at the Central Reserve Bank of Peru...

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Iceland; Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessments Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Data Module for Iceland highlights Data Module, response by the authorities, and detailed assessments using the data quality assessment framework. Icelandâ€™s macroeconomic statistics are generally of high quality and are adequate to...

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