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Germany; Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

considerable headwinds. Several conditions are now in place in Germany for a domestic demand-led recovery. Employment creation has …

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Developing Essential Financial Markets in Smaller Economies; Stylized Facts and Policy Options

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008

This paper surveys the foreign exchange markets, money and secondary government security markets, and stock exchanges in 107 smaller economy countries. The underdevelopment of these markets impedes risk transfer, monetary policy, corporate financing, and the capacity to absorb capital inflows....

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Public Financial Institutions in Developed Countries; Organization and Oversight

Ratnovski, Lev; Narain, Aditya - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007

While public financial institutions (such as public development banks) are commonly associated with developing countries, in fact they are prevalent in the developed world as well. We study a sample of public financial institutions in industrialized countries and identify dominant trends in...

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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 Chileâ€™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...

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Uncertainty and the Employment Dynamics of Small and Large Businesses

Ghosal, Vivek; Ye, Yang - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment …-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we need to …

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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges

Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

Chinaâ€™s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in Chinaâ€™s...

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Capital Flows and Economic Fluctuations; The Role of Commercials Banks in Transmitting Shocks

Zhou, Yong Sarah - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008

This paper uses a general equilibrium model to examine the central role played by commercial banks in intermediating and amplifying the capital flow shocks to the local economy in the 1997 Asia financial crisis. It finds that a sudden stop of capital inflows affects the equilibrium credit supply...

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Hong Kong SAR; Meeting the Challenges of Integration with the Mainland

Lee, William; Chan-Lau, Jorge A.; Iakova, Dora M.; Papa … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004

This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...

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Mexico; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2009

significant relationship with employment conditions in certain regions of the United States. Employment conditions in the U …

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Bangladesh; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This Selected Issues paper on Bangladesh underlies the export performance of readymade garment industry and inflation dynamics. Bangladesh has demonstrated that it is highly competitive in the worldâ€™s major garment markets. Inflation inertia, monetary factors, and exchange rate...

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