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The Net Stable Funding Ratio: Impact and Issues for Consideration
Gobat, Jeanne; Yanase, Mamoru; Maloney, Joseph - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
As part of Basel III reforms, the NSFR is a new prudential liquidity rule aimed at limiting excess maturity transformation risk in the banking sector and promoting funding stability. The revised package has been issued for public consultation with a plan of making the rule binding in 2018. This...
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Kenya; Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility and Request for a Waiver and Modification of Performance Criteria—Staff Report; Staff Supp...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
Economic activity in Kenya has remained resilient to uncertainty surrounding the elections, the impact of the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244272
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Kenya: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Joint Staff Advisory Note focuses on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Kenya. Kenya’s second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244468
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Kenya: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Kenya
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
KEY ISSUES Context: Kenya has embarked on major reforms in line with the 2010 constitution. The new government has …. Kenya placed its first US$2 billion Eurobond at favorable terms, with proceeds to be used to upgrade power generation and … fiscal resources. Kenya is actively participating in the integration of East Africa, showing progress in reducing delays from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244508
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Kenya: Sixth and Final Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper discusses Kenya’s Sixth and Final Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Extended Credit Facility. Fiscal consolidation and the introduction of major reforms contributed to the program’s success despite emerging challenges. All end-June 2013 quantitative...
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A Cautionary Note on the Use of Exchange Rate Indicators
Wickham, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826695
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Money Targeting in a Modern Forecasting and Policy Analysis System: an Application to Kenya
Andrle, Michal; Berg, Andrew; Berkes, Enrico; Portillo, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
in the analysis of monetary policy in low-income countries (LICs), with an application to Kenya. We provide a general … target misses in terms of structural shocks (aggregate demand, policy, shocks to money demand, etc). In the case of Kenya, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790361
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How Solid Is Economic Growth in the East African Community?
Gigineishvili, Nikoloz; Mauro, Paolo; Wang, Ke - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Is rapid economic growth experienced by the East African Community during the past decade built on solid foundations? To gain some clues, we use a variety of newly-collected and existing data sources to analyze the structural transformation of output and exports, as well as indicators of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123874
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The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Tropics; A Narrative Approach
Berg, Andrew; Charry, Luisa; Portillo, Rafael A; Vlcek, Jan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
policy that took place in 2011 in four members of the East African Community: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242205
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Forecasting and Monetary Policy Analysis in Low-Income Countries; Food and non-Food Inflation in Kenya
Andrle, Michal; Berg, Andrew; Morales, R. Armando; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
forecasting and monetary policy analysis in low-income countries and apply it to Kenya. We use the model to run several policy … recover the sequence of domestic and foreign macroeconomic shocks that account for business cycle dynamics in Kenya over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242400