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Fiscal impulse measures are used in the WEO and elsewhere to indicate the changing impact of the budget on the economy. Such measures are intended to provide more accurate indications of whether the budget is becoming more or less expansionary than would just observing moments in the actual...
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Prior to 2020, the Great Recession was the most important macroeconomic shock to the United States economy in generations. Millions lost jobs and homes. At its peak, one in ten workers who wanted a job could not find one. On an annual basis, the economy contracted by more than it had since the...
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. Unfortunately, in many African countries, unemployment rates are low and growth is seldom jobless. Regrettably, most of the poor … unemployment and unmet job expectations are alarming. Consequently, this paper provides a framework that cuts across sectors and …
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China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
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Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...
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, unemployment is systematically decreasing, the financial sector is more eager to lend, and its clients - to borrow. Rapidly growing …
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When monetary and fiscal policy are conducted as in the euro area, output, inflation, and government bond default premia are indeterminate according to a standard general equilibrium model with sticky prices extended to include defaultable public debt. With sunspots, the model mimics the recent...
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When monetary and fiscal policy are conducted as in the euro area, output, inflation, and government bond default premia are indeterminate according to a standard general equilibrium model with sticky prices extended to include defaultable public debt. With sunspots, the model mimics the recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011658576
Almost all institutions – employment protection legislation, unions, wages, wage structure, unemployment insurance, etc … persistent unemployment in Europe. US labor market institutions, assumed to leave markets unfettered, became the benchmark for … unemployment has shielded away from the policy of central banks. Actually, however, the institutional setup regarding monetary …
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