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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 Afghanistan’s external competitiveness through a review of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244319
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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
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242314
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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
The 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the near-term outlook for Belgium is challenging, with real GDP expected to drop by about 3 percent in 2009 and a gradual recovery projected for 2010. The unemployment rate will continue to rise in 2010, and inflation pressures are expected to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242736
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243482
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243563
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France; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This Selected Issues paper analyzes the performance of French banks and the financial support measures taken by the French government. France has a large and sophisticated financial system, which accounts for 10 percent of the global banking system and 5 percent of global capital markets. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244050
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400137
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400691
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014407140