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The Global Impact of Demographic Change
Callen, Tim; McKibbin, Warwick J.; Batini, Nicoletta - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
The world is in the midst of a major demographic transition. This paper examines the implications of such transition over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, other industrial countries, and the developing regions of the world using a dynamic intertemporal general equilibrium...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826038
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China’s Demography and its Implications
Lee, Il Houng; Qingjun, Xu; Syed, Murtaza H. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
reassess national savings behavior, with greater prominence and more careful consideration given to the role played by changing … literature. Going further, we simulate global savings behavior based on our framework and find that China’s demographics should … decades, individual countries’ convergence toward the simulated savings pattern will be influenced by their past divergences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142029
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Would Saving U.S. Social Security Raise National Saving?
Walliser, Jan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1999
Analysts agree that raising national saving is one of the key objectives of social security reform in the United States. Hence, to judge the merits of proposals requires a comparison of saving responses. The paper outlines the difficulties involved in making those comparisons, which arise from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771367
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Who Saves in Ireland? T+L3251he Micro Evidence
Badia, Marialuz Moreno - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
households at the peak of their working lives have relatively low savings though there is no evidence of a generational savings … savings and housing capital gains. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005263766
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U.S. Fiscal Policies and Priorities for Long-Run Sustainability
Mühleisen, Martin; Towe, Christopher M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
will need to be addressed to cope with the mounting pressures on public retirement and health care systems during the next …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824863
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Colombia; 2002 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement—Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Dis...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This paper examines Colombia’s 2002 Article IV Consultation and Request for Stand-By Arrangement. The economic situation worsened in the first half of 2002. Economic activity has remained sluggish, and the fiscal consolidation has gone off-track. Exacerbated by increased contagion from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824881
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Austria; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Austria
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity in Austria gathered speed in 2004, supported mostly by strong export performance. Growth of real GDP rose to 2.2 percent in 2004. Consumption growth was modest, in view of small gains in employment and nominal wage growth barely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824962
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Ukraine; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824975
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Ireland; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
preparing for population aging, but there are concerns that households are not saving enough for retirement. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824998
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Canada; 2004 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The government’s strong monetary and fiscal policy framework, as well as the structural reforms introduced, have enabled the Canadian economy to respond flexibly to recent shocks and laid a solid foundation for recovery. Macroeconomic policies should remain supportive, with fiscal policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825023