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Deconstructing the International Business Cycle : Why Does a U.S. Sneeze Give the Rest of the World a Cold?

International Monetary Fund - 2010

The 2008 crisis underscored the interconnectedness of the international business cycle, with U.S. shocks leading to the largest global slowdown since the 1930s. We estimate spillover effects across major advanced country regions in a structural VAR (SVAR) using pre-crisis data. Our new method...

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Trends and Cycles in the U.S. Economy

International Monetary Fund - 1990

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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Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: The Danish Mortgage Market: A Comparative Analysis

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This technical note presents a comparative analysis of the Danish Mortgage Market. It discusses the particularities of … the regulatory framework of the Danish mortgage system. The note compares and contrasts mortgage financing in Denmark and … evolutions, which could have potentially far-reaching consequences for the Danish mortgage system, are elaborated. The note also …

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Belgium; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper for Belgium evaluates whether price increases in Belgium are excessive. It assesses the household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real estate markets between Belgium and other countries. The...

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Spain : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Housing Prices, Household Debt, and Financial Stability

International Monetary Fund - 2006

and mortgage debt. It also describes the Spanish mortgage market and assesses the resilience of the financial sector to a … possible adjustment in the housing and mortgage markets. It presents a market-based indicator to show the market views on the … quality of the mortgage portfolio and also provides recommendations …

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Are House Prices Rising too Fast in Hong Kong SAR?

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Sharp increase in house prices in Hong Kong SAR in 2009-2010 has led to concerns of an emerging real estate bubble. According to our measure of price deviation from fundamentals, which should be taken as an early warning indicator of market exuberance, the current level of house prices in Hong...

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Handbook on Residential Property Prices (RPPIs)

Statistical Office of the European Communities - 2013

For most citizens, buying a residential property (dwelling) is the most important transaction during their lifetime. Residential properties represent the most significant component of households’ expenses and, at the same time, their most valuable assets. The Residential Property Prices...

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Canada; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

This Selected Issues paper on Canada examines economic development and policies. Capital ratios before the crisis have been a key determinant of bank performance during the turmoil; and Canadian banks had ample capital. Specifically, most banks with critically low capital at end-2006 later...

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Asset prices and the business cycle

In: World economic outlook 2000, May (2000)

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Eastern Caribbean Currency Union : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2009

The Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) countries’ economies are heavily dependent on the United States for foreign direct investment, mainly in the tourism sector. The Selected Issues paper discusses economic development and policies of the ECCU. About one-third of the stayover tourists...

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