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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Treasury inflation protected securities (TIPS), budget institutions for federal fiscal consolidation, and mortgage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242497
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Spain; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
Spain’s housing boom was supported by rapid economic expansion, strong employment growth, an immigration boom, and low real interest rates. With the abrupt drying up of funding since mid-2007, these factors have eroded quickly. Through 2010, employment and value added in construction are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243185
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Mexico; Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Technical Note-Housing Finance
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
market. The government improved the legal environment for mortgage finance by passing reforms that reduced the average time … facilitating mortgage securitization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243628
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Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: The Danish Mortgage Market: A Comparative Analysis
International Monetary Fund - 2007
This technical note presents a comparative analysis of the Danish Mortgage Market. It discusses the particularities of … the regulatory framework of the Danish mortgage system. The note compares and contrasts mortgage financing in Denmark and … evolutions, which could have potentially far-reaching consequences for the Danish mortgage system, are elaborated. The note also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407250
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Energy subsidy reform : lessons and implications
Clements, Benedict J. (ed.); Coady, David P. (ed.) - 2013
"how to do" energy subsidy reform, drawing on insights from 22 country case studies and analyses carried out by other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244221
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The Fiscal and Economic Effects of Federal Credit Assistance Programs
International Monetary Fund - 1990
source—each program’s subsidy component. Recent credit reform proposals would make control of credit subsidies the primary … in improving their economic effects by eliminating unintended subsidies. However, many high subsidy-rate programs appear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396099
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Government Contingent Liabilities and the Measurement of Fiscal Impact
International Monetary Fund - 1990
Conventional fiscal accounting methodologies do not appropriately account for governments’ noncash policies, such as their contingent liabilities. When these liabilities are called, budget costs can be large, as evidenced by the United States’ saving and loan crisis. In general, deficit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396193
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Optimal Fiscal Policy and Government Provision of Contingent Liabilities : The Example of Government Loan and Deposit Guarantees
International Monetary Fund - 1989
The optimal provision of loan guarantees or deposit insurance is examined in the context of an overlapping generations model. It is demonstrated that even in the face of a market imperfection that precludes diversification of the private sector’s loan portfolio to eliminate risk, full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395814
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Fund Concessional Financial Support For Low-Income Countries-Responding To The Pandemic
International Monetary Fund - 2021
This paper proposes a package of policy reforms and a funding strategy to ensure that the Fund has the capacity to respond flexibly to LICs' needs during the pandemic and recovery. The key policy reforms proposed include: -- raising the normal annual/cumulative limits on access to PRGT resources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410832
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Subsidization of the Fund's Emergency Assistance for Natural Disasters to PRGF-Eligible Members
International Monetary Fund - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409807