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Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account …
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direct bearing on the ongoing efforts to move toward a fully fledged inflation-targeting regime and develop interest rates as …
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This paper explores the role of exchange rates in emerging economies with inflation-targeting regimes, an issue that … has become especially germane during the current episode of financial turmoil and volatile capital flows. Under inflation … targeting, the interest rate is the main monetary policy tool for influencing activity and inflation, and there is little …
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This paper seeks to draw lessons from the IMF’s experience in handling financial crises around the globe over the past ten years that are relevant to the challenges faced by countries in Latin America, especially in the wake of the recent crisis in Argentina. Experience suggests that...
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This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
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system development, sovereign debt vulnerabilities, and ways to sustain progress in reducing inflation by strengthening the …
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nation’s 2000-01 economic crisis. Higher growth could reduce unemployment and raise living standards toward European Union … levels. This paper reviews Turkey’s policy performance in terms of growth, inflation, debt, fiscal and financial sector …
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This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....
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The most salient trend in monetary policy over the past two decades has been increasing reliance on money market operations, which reflects the belief that allowing market forces to allocate financial resources brings about increased economic efficiency and growth. However, small economies and...
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