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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

The Sixth Five Year Plan, as outlined in Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, targets strategic growth and employment. The medium-term macroeconomic framework plan entails the involvement of both the private and public sectors. Human resources development strategy programs reaching out...

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Monetary and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model of the Euro Area

Quint, Dominic; Rabanal, Pau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. We find that the introduction of a...

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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

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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Challenges to Monetary Policy From Financial Globalization; The Case of India

Prasad, A.; Kramer, Charles Frederick; Poirson, Hélène - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

The question of how India should adapt monetary policy to ongoing financial globalization has gained prominence with … countries that have adapted to financial globalization, drawing lessons for India. While we find no strong relationship between …

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Does Financial Globalization Induce Better Macroeconomic Policies?

Wei, Shang-Jin; Tytell, Irina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Monetary and fiscal policies around the world are in better shape today than two decades ago. This paper studies … whether financial globalization has helped induce governments to pursue better macroeconomic policies (the "discipline effect … robust causal evidence. There is some evidence that financial globalization may have induced countries to pursue low …

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Global House Price Fluctuations; Synchronization and Determinants

Hirata, Hideaki; Kose, M. Ayhan; Otrok, Christopher; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

We examine the properties of house price fluctuations across 18 advanced economies over the past 40 years. We ask two specific questions: First, how synchronized are housing cycles across these countries? Second, what are the main shocks driving movements in global house prices? To address these...

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Austria: Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentationâ€”Technical Note on Crisis Preparedness and Management Framework

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Technical Note analyzes crisis preparedness and management framework in Austria. The global crisis revealed … weaknesses in Austriaâ€™s financial stability policy framework. Austria needs to put in place a special bank resolution regime to …

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