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Informational Efficiency, Interest Rate Variability, and Central Bank Operations
International Monetary Fund - 1997
optimal frequency of intervention, and therefore the optimal interest rate variability, will balance the desirability of …
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Working Paper 94/114 Estimating and interpreting Forward interest Rates : Sweden 1992-1994
International Monetary Fund - 1994
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014397927
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Kyrgyz Republic; Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria—Staff Report; Staff Supplem...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
The Kyrgyz Republic has stabilized with the formation of a new coalition, but political uncertainty remains. Despite a slump in gold production and delays in donor financing, monetary and fiscal policies remained prudent. Improving the business climate, good governance, and strong institutions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244398
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
2013. This has significantly eased the extent to which real interest rates were negative. Fiscal policy at the general …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245705
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Islamic State of Afghanistan; First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper assesses the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) for Afghanistan. The authorities have met all of the indicative quantitative targets set out under the SMP and all the structural benchmarks, except the benchmark on licensing of commercial banks, which was only partly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825122
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Republic of Mozambique; Fifth Review Under The Policy Support Instrument And Request For Modification Of Assessment Criteria
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Despite the difficult global environment, economic growth in Mozambique has remained buoyant. Inflation has come down more rapidly than anticipated. Foreign direct investment in the natural resource sector has resulted in rapid import growth. The contribution of coal production and exports and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243138
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Seychelles; Sixth Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for an Extension of the Arrangement and Augmentation of Access—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release o...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Resilient growth is observed in 2012 in Seychelles. Weakness in tourism has been offset by increases from less-traditional markets. The current account and adjustments has administered prices in the second half of 2011, and a cycle of depreciation and inflation ensued. The fiscal accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244021
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Negative Interest Rate Policies-Initial Experiences and Assessments
International Monetary Fund - 2017
central banks lowered their policy rates below the previous zero lower bound, embarking on so-called negative interest rate … considers potential differences between interest rate cuts in positive versus negative territory on deposit and lending rates …, as well as banks' interest rate margins and profitability, and market functioning. The paper focuses on the bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014408638
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Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Interest Rate Mechanism : Extension of Temporary Interest Rate Waiver
International Monetary Fund - 2012
temporary exceptional interest waiver on concessional lending. An extension would send a signal of the Fund's continued support … global growth, this paper proposes a further extension of the exceptional interest waiver by two years, to end-2014. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410374
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The SDR Interest Rate Basket : Proposed Change of the Representative Interest Rate for the Euro and Amendment to Rule T-1(C)
International Monetary Fund - 2014
The three-month Eurepo interest rate, the euro component of the SDR interest rate basket, will be discontinued as of … the end of 2014. The three-month Eurepo rate, administered by the European Money Market Institute (EMMI), has been the … representative interest rate instrument of the euro area in the SDR interest rate basket since 2006. However, faced with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410559