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Brazil: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
inflation since 2010 have led to a reevaluation of Brazil’s long-term potential growth rate. Growth accounting suggests that …
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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This Selected Issues paper for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) reports that GDP per capita in BiH is similar to that in neighboring Balkan countries. BiH risks are falling behind rather than catching up with other transition economies in terms of its economic development. This could delay the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243646
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Inflation and Output Comovement in the Euro Area; Love at Second Sight?
Andrle, Michal; Bruha, Jan; Solmaz, Serhat - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper discusses comovement between inflation and output in the euro area. The strength of the comovement may not … frequency, the output and core inflation comovement is high and stable, and that inflation lags the cycle in output with roughly … half of its variance. The strong relationship of output and inflation hints at the importance of demand shocks for the euro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242325
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Should African Monetary Unions Be Expanded? An Empirical Investigation of the Scope for Monetary Integration in Sub-Saharan Africa
Debrun, Xavier; Pattillo, Catherine A.; Masson, Paul R. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This paper develops a full-fledged cost-benefit analysis of monetary integration, and applies it to the currency unions actively pursued in Africa. The benefits of monetary union come from a more credible monetary policy, while the costs derive from real shock asymmetries and fiscal disparities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560420
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Das Public Kapital: How Much Would Higher German Public Investment Help Germany and the Euro Area?
Elekdag, Selim; Muir, Dirk - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Given the backdrop of pressing infrastructure needs, this paper argues that higher German public investment would not only stimulate domestic demand in the near term and reduce the current account surplus, but would also raise output over the longer-run as well as generate beneficial regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123846
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Does Inflation Slow Long-Run Growth in India?
Mohaddes, Kamiar; Raissi, Mehdi - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper examines the long-run relationship between consumer price index industrial workers (CPI-IW) inflation and …, there is a negative long-run relationship between inflation and economic growth in India. We also find statistically …-significant inflation-growth threshold effects in the case of states with persistently-elevated inflation rates of above 5.5 percent. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142122
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The Second Transition; Eastern Europe in Perspective
Leigh, Daniel; Fabrizio, Stefania; Mody, Ashoka - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The countries of Eastern Europe achieved two remarkable transitions in the short period of the last two decades: from plan to market and, then, in the run-up to and entry into the European Union, they rode a wave of global trade and financial market integration. Focusing on the second...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826579
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Direc...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
The staff report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia discusses economic developments and policies. The new government’s economic program aims to raise growth further, but does not address these vulnerabilities. Plans to increase the central...
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The Southern African Development Community's Macroeconomic Convergence Program: Initial Performance; Initial Performance
Burgess, Robert - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245868
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Growth in Africa Under Peace and Market Reforms
Korbut, Olessia; Salinas, Gonzalo; Gueye, Cheikh A. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Economic stagnation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has led several economists to question the region’s ability to attain sustained economic growth, some of them arguing for the need to shift away from natural resource - based exports. Yet, we find that low growth has not been common to all...
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