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Canada; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
Canada’s macroeconomic and policy performance has continued to outshine most other industrial countries, and its outlook remains favorable. The new government has pledged to maintain the strong social consensus in favor of fiscal surpluses, while aiming at enhancing incentives. The new...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895474
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Flexibility and American labour markets: the evidence and implications.
RS, Belous - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1987
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Botswana; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities for Botswana
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
implementation of substantial structural reforms, in particular the authorities’ planned reforms in labor markets, the investment …
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China's Growth and Integration into the World Economy; Prospects and Challenges
Prasad, Eswar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2004
China’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 China’s...
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Czech economy in 2000 and 2001
Křovák, Jiří; Filáček, Jan - In: Prague Economic Papers 2000 (2000) 2
inflation (CPI) to increase to 3.8 % in 2000. Unemployment will rise to 10.8 % (at yearend) and employment will decline by 2 …
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Prediction of development of the czech economy in 2000 and 2001
Křovák, Jiří; Filáček, Jan - In: Politická ekonomie 2000 (2000) 3
inflation (CPI) to increase to 3.8 % in 2000. Unemployment will rise to 10.8 % (at yearend) and employment will decline by 2 …
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Group Wage Curves
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000
groups for unemployment reductions will not reduce wage or price inflation pressures. The estimates also show that the … prices, are affected by overall MSA unemployment, the distribution of unemployment among different groups, and national … prices and wages. MSA unemployment has strong effects on MSA wages and prices, but the distribution of unemployment among …
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Implications of Changes in Menâs and Womenâs Labor Force Participation for Real Compensation Growth and Inflation
Anderson, Katharine; Barrow, Lisa; Butcher, Kristin - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 5 (2005) 1, pp. 1252-1252
During the 1990s economic expansion, the United States enjoyed both low inflation and low unemployment. Juhn, Murphy … whether Phillips curve relationships between real compensation growth, changes in inflation, and labor market slackness are … labor market slackness do as well as men's in explaining real compensation growth and changes in inflation after 1983. …
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