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Chinaâ€™s Path to Consumer-Based Growth; Reorienting Investment and Enhancing Efficiency

Lee, Il Houng; Syed, Murtaza H.; Xueyan, Liu - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013

that some types of investment are becoming excessive in China, particularly in inland provinces. In these regions, private … existing trends continue, valuable resources could be wasted at a time when China’s ability to finance investment is facing … to that in manufacturing and real estate. Financial reform would facilitate such a reorientation, helping China to …

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United States; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

This Selected Issues paper for the United States discusses the microeconomics of the countryâ€”household wealth and savings. Householdsâ€™ consumption-saving decisions have an important bearing on the U.S. economic outlook. This paper demonstrates how households with consistently lower...

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Spain; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013

This Selected Issues paper analyzes household savings ratio in Spain. The household savings ratio has fallen to its lowest historical rate in 2012, as households cut back savings to support consumption in response to negative income shocks. Household savings fell across all households, but the...

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Targets, Interest Rates, and Household Saving in Urban China

Nabar, Malhar - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

This paper studies a panel of China's provinces over the period 1996-2009 during which urban household saving rates …

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Private Sector Consumption Behavior and Non-Keynesian Effects of Fiscal Policy

Bhattacharya, Rina - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 1999

This paper explores the hypothesis that the propensity to consume out of income is not constant but varies, perhaps in a nonlinear fashion, with fiscal variables. It examines whether there is any empirical evidence to support the hypothesis that households move from non-Ricardian to Ricardian...

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Bosnia and Herzegovina; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paperâ€”Mid-Term Development Strategy

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

Poverty risk is most marked for children, displaced persons and returnees, unemployed, and people with low education. Basic goals of the macroeconomic framework of the mid-term development strategy of Bosnia and Herzegovina are to reduce the overall public expenditures, lower the public debt,...

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France; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004

This Selected Issues paper on France underlies public intervention in financial markets. Econometric analysis indicates that in the long term, consumption tracks disposable income closely but is also affected by wealth effects. A counterfactual exercise suggests that a lower return to experience...

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