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Potential Growth in Emerging Asia
Anand, Rahul; Cheng, Kevin C.; Rehman, Sidra; Zhang, Longmei - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
estimates potential growth for China, India, and five ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and … Vietnam) during 1993–2013. The main findings include: (i) both China and India have recently exhibited a slowdown in …;(iii) over the longer term, demographic factors will be much more supportive in India and some ASEAN economies than in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142066
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Monetary and Macroprudential Policy in an Estimated DSGE Model of the Euro Area
Quint, Dominic; Rabanal, Pau - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
In this paper, we study the optimal mix of monetary and macroprudential policies in an estimated two-country model of the euro area. The model includes real, nominal and financial frictions, and hence both monetary and macroprudential policy can play a role. We find that the introduction of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790358
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Peru; Staff Report for the 2008 Article IV Consultation, Fourth Review and Inflation Consultation Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performa...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009
This paper presents the staff report for Peru’s 2008 Article IV Consultation, Fourth Review and Inflation Consultation under the Stand-By Arrangement and request for waiver of applicability of performance criteria. Peru has been liberalizing external trade through tariff reductions in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244871
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Trinidad and Tobago; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation.
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This 2011 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is turning the corner, and growth is expected to resume in 2012 after an extended slowdown lasting three years. Real economic activity is expected to increase by 1.7 percent in 2012 as the nonenergy sector picks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245608
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The Declining Importance of Tradable Goods Manufacturing in Australia and New Zealand; How Much Can Growth Theory Explain?
Hunt, Ben - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
In this paper, the IMF's new Global Economy Model (GEM) is used to estimate the contribution of unbalanced growth to the decline in the share of goods production in Australia and New Zealand. The simulation results suggest that faster productivity growth in the tradable goods sector in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005248284
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The Transition Economies After Ten Years
Fischer, Stanley; Sahay, Ratna - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
This paper summarizes the macroeconomic performance of the transition economies. We first review the initial conditions confronting these economies, the reform strategy that was proposed, and the associated controversies that arose a decade ago. We then account for the widely different outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825770
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Five Years After; European Union Membership and Macro-Financial Stability in the New Member States
Cihák, Martin; Fonteyne, Wim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
The proximity of the European Union, the prospect of membership, and actual entry by the New Member States (NMS) increased economic and financial integration in the region, leading to fast economic growth based on sizeable capital inflows. EU membership helped in developing sound macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825949
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Chile; Institutions and Policies Underpinning Stability and Growth
Kalter, Eliot; Phillips, Steven; Singh, Manmohan; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
This paper presents the primary institutions and economic policies that have led to Chile’s remarkable record of stability and growth over the past twenty years. The core of this policy stance is the combination of fiscal discipline and an open trade policy regime, together with carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767351
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The Measurement of Central Bank Autonomy; Survey of Models, Indicators, and Empirical Evidence
Laurens, Bernard; Arnone, Marco; Segalotto, Jean-François - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
This paper presents a survey of the literature on the measurement of central bank autonomy. We distinguish inputs that constitute the building blocks in the literature, and the literature that builds on them. Issues including sensitivity analysis, robustness, and endogeneity are discussed. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769279
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The Gambia; Demand for Broad Money and Implications for Monetary Policy Conduct
Sriram, Subramanian S. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2009
This paper evaluates the demand for broad money (M2) in The Gambia for January 1988-June 2007. There appears to be a long-run relationship for demand for real M2, but the relationship is not stable. Exogenous output shocks, financial innovation, changes in income velocity, and inadequate data...
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