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China's Economic Growth; International Spillovers
Vamvakidis, Athanasios; Arora, Vivek B. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper presents some facts on China’s role in the world economy and measures the impact of China’s growth on growth in the rest of the world in the short and long term. Short-run estimates based on VARs and error-correction models suggest that spillover effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560430
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Investment-Led Growth in China; Global Spillovers
Ahuja, Ashvin; Nabar, Malhar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
-led growth and face growing risks from a deceleration in investment in China. This note quantifies potential global spillovers … from an investment slowdown in China. It finds that a one percentage point slowdown in investment in China is associated … vulnerable to an investment slowdown in China. The spillover effects also register strongly across a range of macroeconomic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242248
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The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper reviews the extent to which growth in Ethiopia has translated into higher living standards. A key feature of the economic strategy has been an explicit commitment to poverty reduction and structural transformation. This is underpinned by the vision of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244172
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Measuring the Informal Economy in the Caucasus and Central Asia
Abdih, Yasser; Medina, Leandro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This study estimates the size of the informal economy, and the relative contribution of each underlying factor, for the Caucasus and Central Asia countries in 2008. Using a Multiple Indicator-Multiple Cause model, we find that a burdensome tax system, rigid labor market, low institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790402
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Japan; Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Japan’s position is one of the largest and richest economies in the world. Tokyo as a financial marketplace is not a major intermediator of global capital flows. The current macroeconomic environment is conducive to spillovers being larger than captured by the empirical analysis. Apart...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244326
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Philippines; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues paper reports that the Philippines is influenced by global developments through both trade and financial channels. Weaker global growth hurts demand for Philippine exports, which in turn affects consumption and investment. The financial system has only limited exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244763
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Germany; Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This 2012 Article IV Consultation reports that the German economy’s performance has been remarkable despite facing considerable headwinds. Several conditions are now in place in Germany for a domestic demand-led recovery. Employment creation has been robust and unemployment at 5.3 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245124
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Indonesia; Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV consultation, prepared by a staff team of the IMF, following discussions that ended on July 6, 2012, with the officials of Indonesia on economic developments and policies. Based on information available at the time of these discussions, the staff report was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245431
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People's Republic of China; Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
the impact of competition from Brazil and Mexico, China’s closed capital account and capital flows to emerging markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245636
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Japan; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Japan showed strong economic recovery from the crisis. Executive Directors welcomed the development and stressed the need for a strong monetary framework, well-designed fiscal consolidation, and structural reforms. Directors agreed that the Bank of Japan’s monetary framework is well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245637