This paper examines the implications of elevated global food prices for inflation in select Central Asian economies … - Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The findings suggest that global food inflation has significant … short-run effects that build over time. Inflation outcomes simulated under alternative global wheat price assumptions …

sub-Saharan African countries on the relative importance of fiscal and monetary determinants of inflation. Based on the … dynamic response of inflation to different shocks, including nominal public debt, results show that a number of SSA countries … of inflation variability, as predicted by the fiscal theory of the price level …

variability over a prolonged period of time, against a background of high inflation. Convergence toward international relative and …

agreement with the Government of Canada (Canada), and has entered into amendments to the 2010 borrowing agreement with De … with Canada and the amendments to the borrowing agreements with The Netherlands and Korea will each provide new resources …

Canada and the Fund. The Government of Canada announced its willingness to lend up to USD 10 billion to the Fund to support …

This Selected Issues paper for Canada presents comprehensive and broad-based analysis of the role of domestic and … external shocks. Canada’s economic history illustrates the important role played by external as well as domestic macroeconomic … disturbances. Canada’s economy slowed in 2001 because of the global slowdown, although by less than in many other countries. In …

Canada’s 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that it has benefited from a strong institutional framework and … continuing structural reforms. Inflation targeting and structural reforms have yielded an enviable macroeconomic performance …, but external developments are creating uncertainties. The Bank of Canada appears to have room to maintain a patient and …

geared toward boosting productivity. Canada’s commitment to exchange rate flexibility has been helpful in facilitating the …