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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

This Selected Issues paper for Belgium evaluates whether price increases in Belgium are excessive. It assesses the household and bank balance sheets and their vulnerability to a slowdown in housing prices, and identifies differences in real estate markets between Belgium and other countries. The...

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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 …

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The Economic Performance Index (EPI): an Intuitive Indicator for Assessing a Country's Economic Performance Dynamics in an Historical Perspective

Khramov, Vadim; Lee, John Ridings - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

inflation, unemployment, government deficit, and GDP growth into a single indicator. In contrast to other indexes, the EPI does …

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Russian Federation; Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

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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....

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How to Evaluate Gdp-Linked Warrants; Price and Repayment Capacity

Miyajima, Ken - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

Following a brief review of the recent history of GDP-linked instruments, this paper proposes a set of tools to examine the quantitative properties of GDP-linked warrants. It argues that trigger conditions should be clearly identifiable and payment amounts easily calculable. Based on a design...

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Economic Stabilization and Growth in Portugal

Schmitt, Hans O. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1981

This paper reviews economic stabilization and growth in Portugal during the 1970s. Following a decade of rapid growth with external equilibrium, the Portuguese economy in the early 1970s suffered a series of major shocks. The paper highlights that the problem of managing economic growth with a...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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