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Fiscal rules are being increasingly used by both emerging and developed economies. This paper analyzes two alternative fiscal policy rules in terms of their impact on debt sustainability: a rule that fixes the ratio of primary surplus to GDP (""fixed surplus rule"") and one that sets the primary...
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Fiscal deficits and the public debt has grown throughout much of the postwar period in most industrialized countries under the pressure of rising public expenditure, a trend that has begun to reverse after 1992. A number of studies argue that fiscal consolidation in association with expenditure...
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This paper evaluates the performance of two alternative policy rules, a forward-looking rule and a spontaneous adjustment rule, under alternative inflation targets, in terms of output losses in a macroeconomic model, using European Union data. The simulations suggest that forward-looking rules...
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Effects of different policy rules are simulated: uncoordinated targeting of the money supply or nominal income, use of monetary policy to achieve coordinated targets for nominal or real exchange rates, and the use of monetary and fiscal policies to hit targets for internal and external balance....
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This assessment is focused on the Superintendencia de Seguros de la Nacion (SSN) in Argentina. SSN has responsibility …
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This assessment finds that Argentina has made significant progress to improve its securities regulatory system within … the existing legal framework. Specifically, Argentina operates a highly, even uniquely, transparent securities regulatory … regulation was conducted between May 11 and May 26, 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and includes references to certain post on …
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The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) and the Superintendence of Financial Entities (SEFyC) are to be commended on their …). This assessment of the state of compliance with the Basel Core Principles (BCPs) in Argentina has been undertaken as part …
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The financial system in Argentina experienced substantial changes. Capital adequacy and liquidity indicators are strong …
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In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country
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This paper examines Argentina’s Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Modification and Waiver …
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