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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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Over the past decade policy makers in Latin America have adopted a number of macroprudential instruments to manage the procyclicality of bank credit dynamics to the private sector and contain systemic risk. Reserve requirements, in particular, have been actively employed. Despite their...
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, therefore, whether monetary policy is a less potent a device in affecting output and inflation in countries that have low levels … data suggests that the effectiveness of changes in policy interest rates in influencing the path of inflation appear to be …
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.2 percent to 7.8 percent. A fixed wage or indexation to consumption price inflation increases volatility most. Indexation to …We study the impact of a minimum wage on business cycle volatility, depending upon its coverage and adjustment … affecting 20 percent of employees would amplify output volatility by 0.2 percent to 9.2 percent, and employment volatility by ?1 …
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This paper discusses the estimation of models of the term structure of interest rates. After reviewing the term …
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Capital flows can deliver substantial benefits for countries, but also have the potential to contribute to a buildup of systemic financial risk. Benefits, such as enhanced investment and consumption smoothing, tend to be greater for countries whose financial and institutional development enables...
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To better respond to the unprecedented demand from the membership for financing and crisis support in response to the covid-19 pandemic, there is a temporary postponement of staff's work on Article IV consultations and mandatory Financial Stability Assessments. To ensure the postponement has no...
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various tax rates lead to lower budget deficits in the long run, as a result of an expanding tax base and lower unemployment …
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