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International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper focuses on the real estate market and Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. It discusses the measures that could mitigate risks associated with the real estate cycle and the international experience with real estate booms and hosting large events such as World Expos,...

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Singapore: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This Selected Issues Paper discusses some observations on Singaporeâ€™s monetary policy framework. Singaporeâ€™s monetary policy uses the nominal effective exchange rate (NEER) as the instrument in a basket-band-crawl framework. The paper finds that under some conditions an exchange...

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Canada; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

This Selected Issues paper on Canada examines economic development and policies. Capital ratios before the crisis have been a key determinant of bank performance during the turmoil; and Canadian banks had ample capital. Specifically, most banks with critically low capital at end-2006 later...

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Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands: Selected Issues Paper

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the housing prices, consumption, and the household debt overhang in the Netherlands …. Deflated housing prices that were fueled by robust borrowing often leave in their wake households with heavy debt burden. This … using a three-stage least squares approach. Empirical results are supportive of the hypothesis that housing prices strongly …

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United States; Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

stabilizing strategies, removal of fiscal cliff uncertainties, effective implementation of housing, and labor market holstering …

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Republic of Slovenia: Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014

This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that after a brief stabilization in 2010, the recession in the Slovenia resumed in 2011 and the economy now has contracted for eight consecutive quarters. Although a sharp contraction in investment was the main driver of the downturn in the early...

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United States; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the countryâ€”household wealth and savings. Householdsâ€™ consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic outlook. This paper demonstrates how households with consistently lower...

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