1994 wuchs das ungarische Bruttoinlandsprodukt zum ersten Mal seit 1987. Gleichzeitig erreichten aber das Haushaltsdefizit und das Leistungsbilanzdefizit Größenordnungen, die die außenwirtschaftliche, die fiskalische und die monetäre Sphäre mit unkontrollierbaren Folgen bedrohen und nach...

In den letzten Monaten stand das deutsche »Exportmodell« in der Kritik. Die deutschen Überschüsse seien mitverantwortlich für die Defizite der Nachbarländer und schaden den Handelspartnern. Ist diese Einschätzung gerechtfertigt? Für Gabriel Felbermayr, Universität Hohenheim, entbehren...

This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that with generally prudent macroeconomic policies, Namibia has enjoyed robust growth, moderate inflation, and strong external surpluses. Growth is expected to increase to 4½ percent in 2006, after 4¼ percent in 2005, owing in part to a recovery...

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country.

The present value tests of intertemporal model of the current account usually assume that all goods are traded and that aggregate consumption decisions can be closely approximated by a random walk process. This paper extends these models by explicitly introducing durables and nontraded goods...