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This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore’s financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period … appropriate wage policy is complementary to exchange rate policy in maintaining external competitiveness in Singapore …
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The paper provides an overview of the main elements of pay systems that are typically used to remunerate government employees and, with reference to the experience of developed and developing countries, discusses structural issues frequently arising in the formulation of government pay policies:...
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This paper examines the potential contribution of unemployment hysteresis theories to the understanding of the Belgian labor market. It estimates models of wage determination using aggregate and firm-level panel data. Two main conclusions emerge: (i) the long-term unemployed do not exert a...
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that in recent years, Singapore’s economy has been hit hard by a series of … an economic expansion largely uninterrupted since the 1970s. The shocks have come at a time when Singapore is also facing …
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This Statistical Appendix report on Singapore discusses the economic indicators for the period 1995–99. The report …; foreign direct investment inflows by industry; assets and liabilities of the Monetary Authority of Singapore; assets and … liabilities of commercial banks of Singapore; summary of balance of payments; export and import performance; services and income …
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This Selected Issues paper assesses the stability of Singapore’s banking system in a regional context. It proposes a … Monetary Authority of Singapore’s exchange rate-centered framework is well suited to shape monetary decision making, given the …
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This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that Singapore has been severely affected by the global downturn. The …. Executive Directors have observed that the floating exchange rate regime has served Singapore well, and that the exchange …
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international financial markets have been propagated to Singapore mostly through the trade channel. Inflation has risen … steps by the Monetary Authority of Singapore to tighten the monetary policy stance further by adjusting the exchange rate …
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Strong policies, resilient markets, and an improved external environment have helped Singapore tide over the recession …. Singapore has a strong track record of proactive and forward-looking economic policymaking. Fiscal policy has regained its …. Singapore’s exchange rate regime continues to serve the economy well, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s exchange …
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