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This Selected Issues paper on France underlies public intervention in financial markets. Econometric analysis indicates that in the long term, consumption tracks disposable income closely but is also affected by wealth effects. A counterfactual exercise suggests that a lower return to experience...
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international financial market tensions. The Bank of Latvia has strengthened its liquidity management framework. Program … implementation to date has helped insulate Latvia from the recent international financial market turmoil …
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Policy efforts in Latvia have supported stabilization. Immediate risks are much lower, but medium-term challenges …
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The paper examines labor market developments in the four hard-peg European Union (EU) accession candidates during transition, with a view toward understanding the persistent high unemployment experienced in each country. Despite the significant levels of unemployment in all four countries, labor...
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Terrorism (AML/CFT) for the Republic of Latvia. The assessment reveals that aspects of Latvia’s financial services market expose …
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Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their shares of world markets. The empirical analysis shows that over the period 1994–2004, quality and technology upgrading associated with the...
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for Latvia. The sharp economic downturn is starting to bottom out, although recovery has not yet begun. The authorities …
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Terrorism (AML/CFT) for the Republic of Latvia. Latvia has taken strong measures in recent years, through legislative amendments …
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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 focuses on the Republic of Latvia’s First and Second Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement and a Request … for a Waiver of a Performance Criterion. Latvia has continued to follow prudent macroeconomic policies. All performance … vulnerabilities at this time. The current account deficit remains the main risk to Latvia’s economy …
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