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Iraq; 2007 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Extension of the Arrangement, Waiver of Applicability...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that Iraq’s economic growth has been slower than expected at the time of the last Article IV Consultation, mainly because the expected expansion of oil production has not materialized. Following a decline in oil production and real GDP in 2005,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244453
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Rwanda; 2008 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Perf...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
The staff report for Rwanda’s combined 2008 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criterion is examined. Sound macroeconomic and structural policies...
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Malawi; 2006 Article IV Consultation and Third Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of P...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that Malawi is at a critical juncture following its progress on macroeconomic stability, attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point in August 2006, and the recent launch of the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy,...
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Republic of Korea; 2004 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that from 1999 to 2002, Korea’s economy grew rapidly, by an average of 7¼ percent per year. But starting in 2003, the economy has begun to sputter. Growth suddenly stopped in the first half of the year, leapt ahead in the second half as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252883
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Fiscal Consolidation and the Cost of Credit; Evidence from Syndicated Loans
Agca, Senay; Igan, Deniz - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
We examine how the cost of corporate credit varies around fiscal consolidations aimed at reducing government debt … price the short-term recessionary effects in loans but large consolidations can reduce or undo the increase in spreads …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242277
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Solomon Islands; Tax Summary and Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper presents the Tax Summary for the Solomon Islands. The paper discusses that normal business expenses are deductible against chargeable income. A $7,800 personal exemption applies to both resident and nonresident individuals. This general exemption is subject to apportionment on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242614
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Iraq; Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Extension of the Arrangement and for Waiver of Nonobservance of a Perfo...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This paper discusses key findings of the Third and Fourth Reviews Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Iraq. Economic growth in 2006 was below target because oil production did not increase as projected. This reflected lower-than-planned investment and the lack of security. Inflation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243284
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Borrower Protection and the Supply of Credit: Evidence from Foreclosure Laws
Dagher, Jihad; Sun, Yangfan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
the GSEs. We find that judicial requirements reduce the supply of credit only for jumbo loans that are ineligible for GSE … guarantees. These laws do not affect, however, the relative demand of jumbo loans. Our findings, which also hold using novel … nonbinary measures of judicial requirements, illustrate the consequences of foreclosure laws on the supply of mortgage credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142095
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The Great Cross-Border Bank Deleveraging: Supply Constraints and Intra-Group Frictions
Cerutti, Eugenio; Claessens, Stijn - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
-borrower countrydata and controlling for credit demand, we show that reductions largely varied in line with markets’ prior assessments of … direct cross-border loans differ from those for local affiliates’ lending, especially for impaired banking systems. Home …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142104
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Supervisory Roles in Loan Loss Provisioning in Countries Implementing IFRS
Gaston, Ellen; Song, Inwon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Countries implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for loan loss provisioning by banks have been guided by two different approaches: International Accounting Standards (IAS) 39 and Basel standards. This paper discusses the different accounting and regulatory approaches in...
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