Similar Search Results

International Monetary Fund - 2023

Corporate priorities, government policies, and public demand are driving companies across the world to improve their environmental and social footprint. In South Africa, the Petco Producer Responsibility Organisation NPC is scaling up the recycling of plastics, while improving livelihoods for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579201

Consumer Price Index Manual : Theory, 2025

International Monetary Fund - 2025

The Theory publication and the companion on the practice of compiling consumer price indices (CPIs) is jointly … the update of the Theory publication and the CPI Manual. Drafting of this publication was led by Erwin Diewert with … support from various authors. The Theory publication will be translated into Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015452128

Fund's Concepts of Convertibility

International Monetary Fund - 1971

This paper examines the IMF's concepts of convertibility and gives some impression of their purposes. The central concept of convertibility in the Articles is the convertibility of Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4. Under it, the basic rule is that members must avoid restrictions on the making...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394420

Maintenance of the Gold Value of the Fund's Assets

International Monetary Fund - 1971

This paper discusses Article IV, Section 8 of the Articles of Agreement which states the requirement of maintenance of the gold value of the IMF's assets. Each member of the IMF is bound to maintain the gold value of the IMF's holdings of the member's currency notwithstanding changes in the par...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014394421

Trade Dependency, Bargaining and External Debt

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper analyzes the factors determining the payment on outstanding debt in the presence of partial defaults, and the feasibility of renewed investment. We show that a higher relative size of sectors with lower substitutability between domestic and foreign products will increase the resource...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395302

Financial, Exchange Rate, and Wage Policies in Singapore, 1979-1886

International Monetary Fund - 1988

This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore’s financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period 1979-86, and attempts to quantify the impact of alternative policies on major macroeconomic variables. For this purpose, a simple short-term model is formulated and estimated,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395760

Credibility and Nominal Debt : Exploring the Role of Maturity in Managing Inflation

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper focuses on the role of debt maturity in managing the government’s incentives to use opportunistic inflation to reduce the ex post real value of its nominal liabilities. The maturity structure of government debt is shown to be a powerful instrument to affect the time profile of the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395780

The Dynamics of Money Demand and Prices

International Monetary Fund - 1990

The paper evaluates whether a monetary aggregate can serve as a useful predictor of inflation, using recent developments in the principle of cointegrated variables. M2 but not M1 is cointegrated with relevant price, transactions, and rate of return variables. However, deviations of M2 from its...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395786

Money Versus Credit in the Determination of Output for Small Open Economies

International Monetary Fund - 1989

It is well known that in a small open economy where there is perfect substitutability between domestic and foreign assets and costless portfolio adjustment, the monetary authorities cannot control the money supply, but can influence the balance of payments through the use of domestic credit. It...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395792

Optimal Incentives to Domestic Investment in the Presence of Capital Flight

International Monetary Fund - 1989

This paper develops a model of an open economy which employs distortionary taxes to finance public consumption, and with an access to the world capital market. The paper examines the efficiency of quantity restrictions on capital exports and the accompanying set of taxes. A distinction is made...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014395795