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Saudi Arabia; 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This staff report on Saudi Arabiaâ€™s 2013 Article IV Consultation discusses economic policies and development. As the largest crude oil exporter, and the only producer with significant spare capacity, Saudi Arabia plays a systemic and stabilizing role in the global oil market. In 2011,...

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Fiscal Policy in Oil Producing Countries During the Recent Oil Price Cycle

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the average fiscal policy responses of oil producing countries (OPCs) to the recent oil price cycle. We find that OPCs worsened their non-oil primary balances substantially during 2003-2008 driven by an increase in primary spending. However, this trend...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519486

Australia : selected issues

Schule, Werner; Jauregui, Juan; Sun, Yan; Basu, Suman - 2011

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Malawi Financial Sector Assessment Program : Contractual Savings - Insurance and Pensions

International Monetary Fund - 2008

The penetration level of the insurance and pension sectors in Malawi is low, but it seems adequate as compared with other countries in similar stages of development. Concentration and costs are high, the regulatory framework is outdated or inexistent and supervision is weak. An innovative pilot...

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A Noteon Saving-Investment Correlations in the EMS

International Monetary Fund - 1990

This paper extends recent work by Feldstein and Horioka (1980) and Bayoumi (1990), and examines saving … non-EMS countries. It is seen that the EMS countries exhibit much lower saving-investment correlations than their non …

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Aging, Savings, and Pensions in the Group of Seven Countries: 1980-2025

International Monetary Fund - 1989

decline as a share of the consumption needs of the elderly, leading to financial pressures to reduce their consumption. The …

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Factors Affecting Saving, Policy tools, and Tax Reform : A Review

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper reviews the literature on factors which affect saving and capital formation in industrialized countries …. Problems of measurement are briefly examined. Evidence of the effect on the rate of saving of real rates of return, income … redistribution, allocation of saving between corporations and individuals, growth of public and private pension plans, tax incentives …

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Saving-Investment Correlations : Immobile Capital. Government Policy or Endogenous Behavior?

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper analyzes reasons for the high post-war correlations of saving and investment, both across countries and over …

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Savings, Investment, and Growth in Mexico : Five Years After the Crisis

International Monetary Fund - 1989

Despite Mexico’s recent remarkable progress in adjusting its fiscal and external accounts and in restructuring its economy, the recovery of growth has remained elusive. This paper reviews some aspects of Mexico’s recent performance and suggests that systemic adjustment uncertainty, and...

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Urban and Rural Household Savings in China

International Monetary Fund - 1988

Household savings behavior in China during the past 30 years has been studied by using econometric models with the time-varying-parameter technique. The rural sector and the urban sector are investigated separately. In comparison to previous studies on the same subject, the estimated models of...

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