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Are Regional Trade Agreements in Asia Stumbling or Building Blocks? Some Implications for the Mekong-3 Countries
Tumbarello, Patrizia - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Is the recent proliferation of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in Asia a healthy development, or runs the risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263990
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Current Account Rebalancing and Real Exchange Rate Adjustment Between the U.S. and Emerging Asia
Sandri, Damiano; Rabanal, Pau; Méjean, Isabelle - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
A reduction in the U.S. current account deficit vis-à-vis emerging Asia involves a shift in demand from U.S. to … emerging Asia tradable goods and a change in international relative prices. This paper quantifies the required adjustment in … Asia. We compare scenarios where both Chinese and other emerging Asian export prices change by the same proportion to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876596
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The Impact of the Global Financial Crisison Microfinance and Policy Implications
Bella, Gabriel Di - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
The global financial crisis affected microfinance institutions (MFIs) as lending growth was constrained by scarcer borrowing opportunities, while the economic slowdown negatively impacted asset quality and profitability. It also brought to the fore the relatively high interest rates that MFIs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203545
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France; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Financial System Stability Assessment on France discusses the French financial system and the restructuring of French banks to different business models. The French banking system weathered the 2007–09 global financial crisis well. The large French banks have announced plans to meet...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243534
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Are Middle Eastern Current Account Imbalances Excessive?
Cashin, Paul; Beidas-Strom, Samya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Employing a dynamic panel regression, this study estimates the medium-term current account position for three subgroups of emerging market and developing countries with shared economic characteristics. The fundamental determinants of the macroeconomic balance approach to current account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293773
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Does Public-Sector Employment Fully Crowd Out Private-Sector Employment?
Behar, Alberto; Mok, Junghwan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Middle East, North Africa, Caucasus and Central Asia. These countries simultaneously display high unemployment rates, low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790351
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The Global Impact of the Systemic Economies and MENA Business Cycles
Cashin, Paul; Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
States) to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as well as outward spillovers from a GDP shock in the Gulf …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790399
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Economic Impact of Selected Conflicts in the Middle East: What Can We Learn from the Past?
Sab, Randa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Using narrative-based country-case studies, war episodes in the Middle East were examined to assess their economic impact on conflict and neighboring economies. The paper found that conflicts led to a contraction in growth, higher inflation, large fiscal and current account deficits, loss of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790429
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The Finance and Growth Nexus Re-Examined; Do All Countries Benefit Equally?
Barajas, Adolfo; Chami, Ralph; Yousefi, Reza - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
heterogeneity; it is generally smaller in oil exporting countries; in certain regions, such as the Middle East and North Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242300
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Basel Capital Requirements and Credit Crunch in the MENA Region
Naceur, Sami Ben; Kandil, Magda E. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
The 1988 Basel I Accord set the common requirements of bank capital to promote the soundness and stability of the international banking system. The agreement required banks to hold capital in proportion to their perceived credit risks, and this requirement may have caused a “credit crunch,”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142023