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behavior, the fiscal deficit, inflation and the capital stock. Wage controls have been widely advocated as a response to the … capital decumulation and reduce inflation, since wage moderation implies higher government revenues from the profit tax and … degree of wage indexation is effective in lowering inflation if nominal wages do not provide, on average, full protection …
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This Selected Issues paper discusses fiscal sustainability and capital expenditures for Equatorial Guinea. The paper formulates a permanent income hypothesis model and estimates it using data on oil revenues from Equatorial Guinea. The first methodology is based on a standard permanent income...
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variables move over time and analyzes how they influence macroeconomic variables such as economic growth, inflation, savings and …
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This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on September 7, 2012. The views expressed...
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will help to ensure rise in productivity, exports, and inflation pickup and reduce the foreign exchange risk. …
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particular emphasis on macroeconomic management. The sharp depreciation of the exchange rate and high inflation significantly … undermined progress under the reform. High inflation partially reversed the relative price change under the reform. …
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Timor-Leste has made substantial progress toward restoring stability and rebuilding the country after emerging from a long struggle for independence and internal conflicts between 1999 and 2006. The government has launched its Strategic Development Plan to step up development. A well-managed...
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less of the stabilization burden on the fledgling inflation-targeting framework. GDP growth has remained strong …
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monetary and fiscal policy, however, could help improve the inflation-output variability trade-off. The fiscal rule is designed … of the fiscal policy changes the inflation-output variability trade-off in Iceland, the paper compares the efficiency …
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This paper quantifies the dynamic effects of fiscal policy using a structural model, the Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF). The analysis finds that success of fiscal policy in enhancing macroeconomic stability depends on the type of shock, the response of monetary policy, and...
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