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U.S. external adjustment: is it disorderly? Is it unique? Will it disrupt the rest of the world?
Kamin, Steven B.; Reeve, Trevor A.; Sheets, Nathan - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2007
periods when their current account deficits have narrowed. Such studies identified systematic aspects of external adjustment ….S. external imbalance. In contrast, this paper focuses in depth on the historical experience of external adjustment in the United … periods of external adjustment is remarkably similar to the foreign experience. Finally, we also examine the performance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368329
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Implications for future U.S. net investment payments of growing U.S. net international indebtedness
Stekler, Lois E.; Helkie, William L. - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 1989
In the 1980s, the United States developed a large and persistent current account deficit, financed by borrowing from abroad. The purpose of this paper is to explore the sustainability of these large deficits from one of several possible perspectives. Simulations of a model of the U.S. current...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368516
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Capital flows & current account deficits in the 1990s: why did Latin America & East Asian countries respond differently?
Antzoulatos, Angelos A. - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 1996
America and an investment surge in East Asia. Interpreting the return as an increase in the external debt ceiling, the maximum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005717236
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines; 2003 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Exec...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
St. Vincent and the Grenadines’s 2003 Article IV Consultation reports that it had moderate levels of public sector debt and debt service during the 1990s. To reduce growth volatility, since the mid-1990s, the government has attempted to implement an economic diversification program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825547
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Iraq; Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Requests for Waiver of Applicability, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing of Access—Staff Report; Press Release on the...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
domestic and external environment. Policy discussions were framed by Iraq’s medium-term prospects, especially with regard to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242553
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Antigua and Barbuda; 2006 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Authorities of An...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
The staff report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation on Antigua and Barbuda highlights the economic backdrop and outlook for restoring sound public finances. The government of Antigua and Barbuda has adopted an ambitious reform program in its endeavor to pull the economy from decades of fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242743
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Republic of Latvia; Second Review and Financing Assurances Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement, Request for Extension of the Arrangement and Rephasing of Purchases Under the Arra...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
the adjusted primary balance. The continuous performance criterion on external payments arrears was missed by a small …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243235
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Republic of Kosovo; Request for Stand-By Arrangement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2010
Kosovo’s economic performance has strengthened considerably, but structural deficiencies undermine export sector development and prospects for sustainable growth. The program seeks to restore fiscal sustainability and safeguard financial sector stability. Restoring fiscal sustainability...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243958
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The United States in debt
Fieleke, Norman S. - In: New England Economic Review (1990) Sep, pp. 34-54
After 1982 the international investment position of the United States dramatically shifted from one of sizable net creditor to much more sizable net debtor. As the U.S. deficit on current international transactions soared to record levels during the mid-1980s, some observers perceived a grave...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005729166
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A self-fulfilling model of Mexico's 1994-95 debt crisis
Cole, Harold L.; Kehoe, Timothy J. - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - 1996
This paper explores the extent to which the Mexican government's inability to roll over its debt during December 1994 and January 1995 can be modeled as a self-fulfilling debt crisis. In the model there is a crucial interval of debt for which the government, although it finds it optimal to repay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005367672