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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...

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Union of the Comoros : Staff-Monitored Program

International Monetary Fund - 2005

This paper reviews the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for the Union of the Comoros. The authorities’ program for 2005 is focused on macroeconomic stabilization. This is predicated on a consolidated budget entailing a domestic fiscal adjustment slightly above 3 percent of GDP. Monetary policy...

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On the Estimation of Term Structure Models and An Application to the United States

International Monetary Fund - 2010

This paper discusses the estimation of models of the term structure of interest rates. After reviewing the term structure models, specifically the Nelson-Siegel Model and Affine Term- Structure Model, this paper estimates the terms structure of Treasury bond yields for the United States with...

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Dependency Rates and Private Savings Behavior in Developing Countries

International Monetary Fund - 1988

A firm theoretical basis for the empirical relationship between dependency rates and savings behavior in developing countries is still lacking. Two demographic extensions of the representative household’s stochastic dynamic optimization problem are presented here. It is shown that the...

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The Effects of Financial Deregulationon Consumption

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper examines whether financial deregulation in the 1980s has reduced the importance of liquidity constraints in consumption patterns. Data for six industrialized countries are used to estimate a simple model incorporating liquidity constraints and forward looking behavior. It is concluded...

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Jamaica Consumer Protection and Financial Literacy

International Monetary Fund - 2015

This technical note is based on a mission conducted from April 24 to May 9, 2014 to Kingston and other parts of Jamaica. The mission also conducted a short mystery shopping exercise with the assistance of a representative from the national consumer’s league. Valuable comments on the draft note...

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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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