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This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Israeli economy is in the midst of a deep recession. Waning exports and investment, combined with stagnant private consumption, led to negative growth in 2001 and 2002. The stagnation can be attributed to the burst of the technology bubble,...
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convergence; meeting all of the Maastricht criteria, save for inflation. Estonia’s banking system remains financially sound …
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This paper highlights that central banks from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru (the LA5 countries) reaped the benefits of what they sowed in successfully weathering the global crisis. The adoption of far-reaching institutional, policy, and operational reforms during the last two decades...
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Samoa has achieved a major economic transformation over the last decade and a half. This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that real per capita GDP in Samoa has increased by more than 3 percent per year on average, and external public debt has fallen below 40 percent of GDP. The external...
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economic outlook is clouded by a widening current account imbalance and the risk of a resurgence of inflation pressures, as a …
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rapid productivity growth have produced strong wage increases and large employment gains. Inflation, while moderate for a …
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This Article IV Consultation reports that macroeconomic developments in Guatemala have been broadly positive since 2010. Although the external current account deficit widened in 2011, the surplus in the capital account was larger, partly owing to banks’ increased access to foreign credit...
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-way flexibility of the exchange rate is needed to support the monetary policy response to inflation and help alleviate capital inflow …
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This paper discusses key findings of the Third Review for Peru and Inflation Consultation Under the Stand …-By Arrangement. All performance criteria for end-December 2007 and end-March 2008 were observed, but inflation in March exceeded the … upper limit of the program’s consultation band around the official inflation target range. The end-March structural …
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