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Export and Import Price Index Manual : Theory and Practice

International Monetary Fund - 2009

A joint production by six international organizations, this manual explores the conceptual and theoretical issues that national statistical offices should consider in the daily compilation of export and import price indices. Intended for use by both developed and developing countries, it...

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Transactions Costs and Vehicle Currencies

International Monetary Fund - 1989

The IMF Working Papers series is designed to make IMF staff research available to a wide audience. Almost 300 Working Papers are released each year, covering a wide range of theoretical and analytical topics, including balance of payments, monetary and fiscal issues, global liquidity, and...

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Export Pricing Behavior of Manufactuting : U.S.-Japan Comparison

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Using domestic and export price data and a framework of markup over cost, pricing behavior of U.S. and Japanese manufacturers is compared. Major export industries in Japan have higher productivity growth and lower pass-through coefficients than American exporters, who tend to price to domestic...

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MULTIMOD : A Multi-Region Econometric Model

International Monetary Fund - 1988

The paper describes a global model consisting of several industrial and developing country blocks built to analyze alternative economic policies in a medium-term context. The model, which has been used to construct medium-term scenarios for the World Economic Outlook, consists of aggregate...

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Estimating Potential Output with a Multivariate Filter

International Monetary Fund - 2010

This paper develops a simple model for measuring potential output that uses data on inflation, unemployment, and capacity utilization. We apply the model to 10 countries, in addition to the United States and the euro area. While there is a substantial amount of uncertainty around our estimates,...

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Consumer Price Index Manual : Theory, 2025

International Monetary Fund - 2025

The Theory publication and the companion on the practice of compiling consumer price indices (CPIs) is jointly … the update of the Theory publication and the CPI Manual. Drafting of this publication was led by Erwin Diewert with … support from various authors. The Theory publication will be translated into Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian …

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Fund's Concepts of Convertibility

International Monetary Fund - 1971

This paper examines the IMF's concepts of convertibility and gives some impression of their purposes. The central concept of convertibility in the Articles is the convertibility of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4. Under it, the basic rule is that members must avoid restrictions on the making...

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Maintenance of the Gold Value of the Fund's Assets

International Monetary Fund - 1971

This paper discusses Article IV, Section 8 of the Articles of Agreement which states the requirement of maintenance of the gold value of the IMF's assets. Each member of the IMF is bound to maintain the gold value of the IMF's holdings of the member's currency notwithstanding changes in the par...

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Trade Dependency, Bargaining and External Debt

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper analyzes the factors determining the payment on outstanding debt in the presence of partial defaults, and the feasibility of renewed investment. We show that a higher relative size of sectors with lower substitutability between domestic and foreign products will increase the resource...

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Financial, Exchange Rate, and Wage Policies in Singapore, 1979-1886

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore’s financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period 1979-86, and attempts to quantify the impact of alternative policies on major macroeconomic variables. For this purpose, a simple short-term model is formulated and estimated,...

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