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Lao PDR's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth will remain robust in 2011 with projected growth of 8.6 percent … expected to improve the current account deficit is expected to widen slightly too about 9.4 percent of GDP in 2011 from about 8 … projects. Thus, resource current account surplus is expected to decrease to 4.8 percent of GDP in this year from about 5 …
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"This paper examines the implications of bank activity and short-term funding strategies for bank risk and returns using an international sample of 1,334 banks in 101 countries leading up to the 2007 financial crisis. Expansion into non-interest income generating activities such as trading...
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inflation, and hurt growth. Although commodity prices have come down recently, the benefits are being clouded by the emergence … monetary policy to reduce inflation, and increased spending on a range of safety net programs for the poor. Some of the …
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"This paper uses a computable general equilibrium model to assess the welfare impact of commodity price inflation in … inflation since 2006 may have had a significantly negative impact on all Tanzanian households. Most of the negative impact comes … shielded from global commodity inflation because they derive a larger share of their incomes from agricultural activity and …
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more democratic environment and an increase in capital flows relative to GDP reduce the probability of inflation starts …"Emerging market economies (EMEs) have experienced a noticeable decline in inflation since the mid-1990s. Whether this … with the start of 24 inflation episodes in 15 EMEs between 1980 and 2001. They use pooled probit analysis to estimate the …
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Food price inflation has increased persistently in recent years in Turkey with a widening divergence from international … food price inflation. The study analyzes the main inefficiencies in the Turkish agricultural sector through the lens of … that drive food price inflation in Turkey at the national level, grounded in econometric analyses and a literature review …
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and elevated inflation. Globally, environmental sustainability is becoming central to the economic agenda. The challenge …
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displayed all the signs of macroeconomic collapse,with output contracting, and inflation and parallel exchange market premium … data.The financing situation is dire. Monetization of the fiscal deficit explains to a large extent the high inflation … account deficit is estimated to have narrowed to about 1.6 percent in FY2016/17 from about 6.1 percent of GDP in FY2015/16.The …
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