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Market efficiency of commodity futures in India
Inoue, Takeshi; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
prices and then test for market efficiency in a weak form sense by applying both the DOLS and the FMOLS methods. The entire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601741
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The Pricing Mechanism of Primary Commodities since the 1970s
Kuchiki, Akifumi - In: The Developing Economies 28 (1990) 1, pp. 95-110
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005227615
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United Arab Emirates; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Direc...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
An outward-oriented development strategy and prudent financial policies resulted in an impressive economic growth and led to a large accumulation of external financial assets. The major Emirates intend to leverage the favorable economic environment to carry out reforms that will encourage more...
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Evaluating the forecasting performance of commodity futures prices
Reeve, Trevor A.; Vigfusson, Robert J. - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 2011
Commodity futures prices are frequently criticized as being uninformative for forecasting purposes because (1) they … seem to do no better than a random walk or an extrapolation of recent trends and (2) futures prices for commodities often … light on these concerns by discussing the theoretical relationship between spot and futures prices for commodities and by …
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Financial Instruments to Hedge Commodity Price Risk for Developing Countries
Lu, Yinqiu; Neftci, Salih N. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
international commodity prices. This paper examines the use of commodity options-including plain vanilla, risk reversal, and barrier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005604862
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Monetary policy, bubbles, and goldilocks
Anderson, Richard G. - In: Economic Synopses (2011)
Monitoring of prices is essential lest future adjustments be misunderstood by the public as part of the dynamics of …
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United Kingdom; Observance by LCH CLEARNET LIMITED of the CPSS-IOSCO Recommendations for Central Counterparties Detailed Assessment of Observance
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
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.
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United States; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
The U.S. economy continues to recover at a modest pace, in line with international experience following severe financial crises. The key priority for fiscal policy is to stabilize the debt ratio and gradually reduce it. The fiscal framework should include an endorsement of the main medium-term...
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Rice flows across regions in Madagascar
Ralandison, Tsilavo; Arimoto, Yutaka; Kono, Hisaki; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
Although spatial disintegration of rice markets in Madagascar has been well documented, little is known about actual rice flows across regions. Using weekly collected unique data from rice markets in 22 regional capital cities for one year, this study explores the physical distribution of rice...
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Understanding traders' regional arbitage : the case of rice traders in Antananarivo, Madagascar
Arimoto, Yutaka; Kono, Hisaki; Ralandison, Tsilavo; … - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2015
from the cheapest district and are paying higher prices than those in the cheapest district. One apparent obstacle is … concentrate on trading with a few fixed districts, even if they are informed about cheaper prices in other new districts, because …
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