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Spillovers in the Nordic Countries
Mircheva, Borislava; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden form a tightly integrated region which has strong ties with the euro area as well … of integration among the four Nordic economies. These differences are driven by the fact that Denmark and Finland have no … independent monetary policy, and Denmark and Norway are net energy exporters while Finland and Sweden are energy importers. We …
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Finland: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Finland
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Finland’s strong economic record has stalled. The economy has been in recession for three of the last five years, and unemployment is now more than 8 percent, with more people without work for longer. The shortfall in growth, coming at a...
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Finland: Fiscal Transparency Evaluation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
This paper discusses key findings of fiscal transparency evaluation for Finland. It highlights that Finland meets most … for fiscal management in Finland is relatively low. Overall, the Finnish authorities produce an impressive amount of data … and information related to all three pillars of the Code. It is also highlighted that fiscal reporting in Finland is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245724
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Spillovers to and from the Nordic Economies: A Macroeconometric Model Based Analysis
Vitek, Francis - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper analyzes the transmission of shocks and policies among and across the Nordic economies and the rest of the world. This spillover analysis is based on a pair of estimated structural macroeconometric models of the world economy, disaggregated into thirty five national economies. We find...
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Nordic Regional Report; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
and high household debt. The economic performance of the four continental Nordic economies (Denmark, Finland, Norway, and …
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Nordic Regional Report; 2013 Cluster Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper examines 2013 Cluster Consultation—a Nordic Regional IMF staff report. Denmark, Finland, Norway, and …
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Finland: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
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Capital Flows, Financial Intermediation and Macroprudential Policies
Ghilardi, Matteo; Peiris, Shanaka J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper develops an open-economy DSGE model with an optimizing banking sector to assess the role of capital flows, macro-financial linkages, and macroprudential policies in emerging Asia. The key result is that macro-prudential measures can usefully complement monetary policy. Countercyclical...
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The Case for a Long-Run Inflation Target of Four Percent
Ball, Laurence M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Many central banks target an inflation rate near two percent. This essay argues that policymakers would do better to target four percent inflation. A four percent target would ease the constraints on monetary policy arising from the zero bound on interest rates, with the result that economic...
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Commodity Price Shocks and Imperfectly Credible Macroeconomic Policies in Commodity-Exporting Small Open Economies
Guzman, Juan Pablo Medina; Soto, Claudio - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
In this paper, we analyze how lack of credibility and transparency of monetary and fiscal policies undermines the effectiveness of macroeconomic policies to isolate the economy from commodity price fluctuations. We develop a general equilibrium model for a commodity-exporting economy where macro...
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