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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper provides a preliminary view on Afghanistanâ€™s external competitiveness through a review of …

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Post-Crisis Bank Behavior; Lessons From Mercosur

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

Did the occurrence of systemic banking crises in the 1990s and 2000s significantly alter the behavior of banks in the Mercosur? The objective of this paper is to answer this question by analyzing changes in bank behavior after crises in the Mercosur region. To our knowledge, this is the first...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008561078

Assessing Competitiveness Using Industry Unit Labor Costs; An Application to Slovakia

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

Conceptual ambiguities and statistical weaknesses hamper the assessment of external competitiveness. The term … competitiveness, while applied extensively, is often imprecisely defined, which can result in analytical errors and mistaken policy … advice. Furthermore, aggregate statistical measures of competitiveness in terms of exchange rate misalignment can be biased …

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Belgium; 2009 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010

broadly balanced. The crisis will have a considerable downward impact on potential growth, in addition to that of demographic …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242736

Uruguay; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

appreciation of the peso since early 2004, the discussion on competitiveness has intensified. To assess competitiveness, the paper …

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Republic of Estonia; Staff Report for the 2010 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

Despite enduring one of the sharpest contractions in the EU, Estonia has been successful in its all-out efforts to join the euro area. Core prices have also begun increasing but at a moderate rate. Recent wage increases have defied not only high unemployment but also increases in vacancies and...

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France; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

, funding profile, and liquidity of banks. The paper also analyzes business lines, potential spillovers, and market perceptions …

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Italy : Assessing Competition and Efficiency in the Banking System

International Monetary Fund - 2007

The paper assesses the degree of banking competition and efficiency in Italy?over time as well as compared to that in other countries, such as France, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper finds competition in the Italian banking sector has intensified in loan and...

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Competition in Indian Banking

International Monetary Fund - 2005

It is widely perceived that competition in the Indian banking sector has increased since the inception of the financial sector reforms in 1992. Using annual data on scheduled commercial banks for the period 1996-2004, the paper evaluates the validity of this claim in the Indian context. The...

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Competitiveness in the Baltics in the Run-Up to EU Accession

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This paper analyzes competitiveness in the Baltics in the run-up to European Union accession. Several factors appear to …

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