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In August 1998 the Russian foreign exchange market and financial system collapsed. As a consequence the rouble devaluated in real terms against the currencies of the main trade partners, generating an output push in the agri-food sector. This improved the financial health of most producer, thus...
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Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia has been under an EU sanctions regime. While these sanctions have not … Russia's ability to wage war. This paper demonstrates the effectiveness of the sanctions and argues that the EU should …
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This paper deals with two related issues: the sustainability of China’s exchange rate regime and the opening up of its … to avoid disruptive capital flows. The paper discusses China’s twin surpluses of the current and capital accounts and … the outlook for Chinese capital flows should barriers to capital movements be lifted. It argues that whether China …
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This paper analyzes China's economic performance in the last 25 years and discusses its prospect for growth in the … future. China has enjoyed high annual GDP growth rates of about ten percent in the last 25 years. Exports and investment were …
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This paper surveys the evolution of macroeconomic policy, in the New Zealand context, from the beginning of the end of the Great Inflation of the 1970s/1980s, through to the current recovery from the Great Recession brought on by the Global Financial Crisis. The 30 or so years since the late...
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This paper examines the emerging challenges to the art of monetary policymaking using the case study of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in light of developments in the Indian economy during the last decade (2003-04 to 2013-14). The paper uses Hyman P. Minsky's financial instability hypothesis as...
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The paper reviews India's macroeconomic performance and policies since 2000. The first section briefly summarizes key macroeconomic developments regarding economic growth, inflation, external balance, the fiscal situation and aggregate savings and investment. The second section considers some of...
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From 1995 to 2001 Russia witnessed an asset market boom, a deep financial crisis, and a surprisingly forceful recovery …. An event study of this episode provides important insights for Emerging Market investment and Russia's medium … conditions. Together with persistent commitment towards international integration this heralds a long-term convergence of Russia …
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This paper explores the effects that the global financial crisis of 2008 - 2010 had on the funding and performance of the healthcare and education sectors in the Russian Federation (RF). Both education and healthcare expenditures increased in terms of total general government (GG) spending...
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, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Turkey from May 1998 to December 2007. To account for the importance of market expectations we use …
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