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This Technical Note focuses on strengthening of monetary and liquidity management in Nigeria. The Central Bank of … Nigeria (CBN) has robust institutional framework in place to design and implement monetary policy. The CBN has also sufficient …
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This Selected Issues paper estimates both Guatemala’s potential output and output gap using a wide range of econometric techniques. The analysis suggests that Guatemala’s potential output growth is about 3.5 percent for the whole sample period and that the output gap is almost...
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This Selected Issues paper focuses on scarring effects of the pandemic on the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union's (ECCU). Assessing the extent of the scarring effects is essential for the conduct of future economic policy in the ECCU. A better understanding of the factors affecting the scarring...
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, trade, and services. Inflation should continue to decline, in line with a tight monetary policy, and a lowering trend in …
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The overarching policy challenge facing Nigeria is to reduce widespread poverty and unemployment. Macroeconomic …
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KEY ISSUES Context. Nigeria has a large and diverse economy that has achieved a decade of strong growth, averaging 6 ….8 percent a year. However, Nigeria still lags peers in critical infrastructure and has high rates of poverty and income …, with inflation increasing to 11½ percent from the effects of exchange rate depreciation. These developments also increase …
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Libyan economy remains largely state controlled and heavily dependent on the oil sector. Since the lifting of the Libya-specific trade sanctions of the United Nation and United States in September 2003 and September 2004, respectively, the...
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This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix provide background information and analytical support for key policy issues discussed in the 2004 Article IV Consultation discussions with Mauritius. The impact of the erosion of trade preferences on exports, growth, and employment is assessed...
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The United Kingdom’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that macroeconomic performance has been strong and steady, owing in part to confidence-enhancing policy frameworks and generally sound implementation. The financial system is generally healthy, although a substantial increase in...
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