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Paraguay; Sixth and Final Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Dire...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper discusses key findings of the Sixth and Final Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement for Paraguay. The program remains broadly on track. All performance criteria for end-March 2008 were met, and those for end-June 2008 are expected to have been observed. With one exception, all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244416
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Lao People’s Democratic Republic; Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) review the macroeconomic impact of the resource sector. Lao PDR’s economic performance is becoming increasingly dependent on the activities of the large mining and hydropower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244954
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Botswana; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities for Botswana
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The staff report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation on Botswana highlights economic developments and monetary and exchange rate policy. Botswana’s growth has been fueled by continued increases in diamond production; and real diamond output is projected to level off, and then decline...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244994
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Indonesia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
The corporate sector in Indonesia has been recovering in recent years from the financial crisis of 1997–98. This paper analyzes the performance of the Indonesian nonfinancial corporate sector in recent years and discusses remaining challenges and vulnerabilities. The decline in corporate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245241
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Determinants of Interest Rate Pass-Through; Do Macroeconomic Conditions and Financial Market Structure Matter?
Gigineishvili, Nikoloz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
capita GDP and inflation have positive effects on pass-through, while market volatility has a negative effect. Among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203524
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Rapid Current Account Adjustments; Are Microstates Different?
Imam, Patrick A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
We describe unique aspects of microstates-they are less diversified, suffer from lumpiness of investment, they are geographically at the periphery and prone to natural disasters, and have less access to capital markets-that may make the current account more vulnerable, penalizing exports and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826402
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Simulating Inflation Forecasting in Real-Time; How Useful is a Simple Phillips Curve in Germany, the U.K.L4434, and the U.S.?
Clausen, Jens R.; Clausen, Bianca - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper simulates out-of-sample inflation forecasting for Germany, the UK, and the US. In contrast to other studies … that Phillips curves based on ex post output gaps generally improve the accuracy of inflation forecasts compared to an AR(1 …) forecast but that real-time output gaps often do not help forecasting inflation. This raises the question how operationally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008519495
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United Kingdom; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Selected Issues paper on the United Kingdom reviews the IMF's Global Economy Model, which incorporates energy to examine the impact of rising energy prices on the United Kingdom. The model incorporates energy as a final consumption good as well as a primary input in the production process....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591704
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Cross-Country Linkages in Europe; A Global VAR Analysis
Sun, Yan; Heinz, Frigyes F; Ho, Giang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
weaker linkages bewteen inflation and real credit growth within Europe. While the euro area is the dominant source of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242313
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Peru; Third Review and Inflation Consultation Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper discusses key findings of the Third Review for Peru and Inflation Consultation Under the Stand …-By Arrangement. All performance criteria for end-December 2007 and end-March 2008 were observed, but inflation in March exceeded the … upper limit of the program’s consultation band around the official inflation target range. The end-March structural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242671