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Unemployment and Structural Unemployment in the Baltics

Ebeke, Christian; Everaert, Greetje - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014

While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three Baltic countries and analyzes its causes. Our main findings are that the current still elevated...

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Baltic Cluster Report: 2014 Cluster Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Baltic Countries

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

€”Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. It identifies common features and common challenges, and discusses policiesâ€”both national and jointâ …

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Republic of Lithuania: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper focuses on sustainability of public finances and low inflation in Lithuania. Lithuania aims … to adopt the euro in 2015. Over the medium term, inflation in Lithuania will likely run somewhat higher than in the euro … favorable, and Lithuania has demonstrated the ability to deliver adjustment when needed without recourse to exchange rate …

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Baltic Cluster Report: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper focuses on the Baltic model, Balticâ€“Nordic links, and convergence. The Baltic countries form a distinct group within a tightly integrated Nordicâ€“Baltic region. They are following similar approaches to economic policy, broadly in line with those of...

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Republic of Lithuania: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Lithuania

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that Lithuaniaâ€™s economy has entered a broadly favorable trajectory of healthy and balanced growth, but income convergence with Western Europe has a long way to go. With inflation at historical lows and well-advanced repair of public finances...

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Republic of Lithuania: 2013 Article IV Consultation; Staff Report, Information Annex, Public Information Notice, Statement by the Executive Director

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

macroeconomic growth in Lithuania. The IMF report discusses the requirement of fiscal consolidation to fully rebuild fiscal space …

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Agricultural Credit in the Baltics, Russia, and Other States of the Former Soviet Union

Sobolev, Yuri Vladimirovich; Lahiri, Ashok - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996

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Discretion with Rules? Lessons from the Currency Board Arrangement in Lithuania

Camard, Wayne W. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1996

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Baltic and Icelandic Experiences of Capital Flows and Capital Flow Measures

Groenn, Audun; Fredholm, Maria Wallin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

The aim of this empirical study is to describe and provide analysis on the experience of managing capital flows in Iceland and the Baltic countries. During the build-up of the crisis, there were shortcomings in macroeconomic policies and in the policy mix, as well as in financial supervision in...

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Does Supply or Demand Drive the Credit Cycle? Evidence from Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe

Everaert, Greetje; Che, Natasha Xingyuan; Geng, Nan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015

studies (Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Poland, and Romania). Our results of the panel data analysis indicate that supply …. In the case studies, we find a similar result for Lithuania and Montenegro, but the other three case studies point to the …

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