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France, Germany, Italy, and Spain : Explaining Differences in External Sector Performance Among Large Euro Area Countries

International Monetary Fund - 2005

, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The paper discusses that during 2001–04, the performance of the external sector differed markedly …This cross-country paper explains differences in external sector performance among four large euro area countries—France …

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Selected Euro-Area Countries : Rules-Based Fiscal Policy and Job-Rich Growth in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain-Report with Supplementary Information

International Monetary Fund - 2001

Union is a major achievement but also a difficult process in the four countries (France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) …

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The Role of Foreign Currency Debt in Public Debt Management

International Monetary Fund - 1995

of public debt management theories. It discusses the experience of Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand and … Sweden and relates it to the theoretical arguments in favor or against the Issuance of foreign currency debt …

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France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, And Spain : Competitiveness In The Southern Euro Area

International Monetary Fund - 2008

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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Some Uncomfortable Arithmetic Regarding Europe’s Public Finances

International Monetary Fund - 2010

Traditional fiscal indicators focused on measures of current deficits and debt miss the potentially important implications of current policies for future public finances. This could be problematic, including in the case of Europe, where population aging is expected to pose additional fiscal...

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Austria : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2007

This Selected Issues paper focuses on the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) for Austria. Austria is part of a trend among many countries to consider some form of MTBF. This paper describes the proposed framework in Austria and assesses it in light of the experience of other countries. The...

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Belgium : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2006

This Selected Issues paper for Belgium evaluates whether price increases in Belgium are excessive. It assesses the household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real estate markets between Belgium and other countries. The...

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Austria : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2005

developments in Austria’s economic linkages with Germany and the Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs). It finds that … there has been delinking from Germany, albeit measured, while economic relationships with key CEEC trading partners have … become stronger. The paper also discusses the dynamics of Austria’s economic linkages with Germany, and examines these …

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Belgium : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2004

Belgium has effected a remarkable fiscal adjustment, best illustrated by the decline in its public debt. While benefiting from an appreciable decline in interest rates, most of the underlying consolidation reflected a considerable increase in the tax burden, one of the highest in the...

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Belgium : Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund - 2003

This Selected Issues paper analyzes fiscal devolution in Belgium. It examines long-term fiscal strategies for meeting the fiscal burden of population aging. The paper presents estimates of the fiscal costs of population aging in Belgium, and discusses their sensitivity to underlying assumptions....

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