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Paraguay; Request for Stand-By Arrangement-Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Paraguay
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
The Paraguayan authorities have prepared an economic program to stabilize their macroeconomic situation and begin a process of structural reform. Fiscal adjustment and structural reforms should pave the way for more rapid growth over the medium term. Despite these expected improvements in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005252782
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Public Debt in Advanced Economies and its Spillover Effectson Long-Term Yields
Alper, C. Emre; Forni, Lorenzo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
Several models establish a positive association between public debt ratios and long-term real yields, but the empirical evidence is not always conclusive. We reconsider this issue, focusing in particular on possible spillover effects of large advanced economies' debt levels to other economies'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293780
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Trinidad and Tobago; Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics, Banking Supervision, and Payment Sys...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This paper discusses Trinidad and Tobago’s (TTO) Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on Banking Supervision, and Payment Systems. TTO’s financial system is relatively large and structurally complex, demonstrating both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825460
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Kuwait; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Kuwait’s 2005 Article IV Consultation reports that the economic and financial positions are projected to remain strong mainly on the expectation that world oil prices will decline only gradually. Reflecting sharply higher oil prices and production, economic conditions improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825472
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The Domestic and Global Impact of Japan's Policies for Growth
Batini, Nicoletta; Rebucci, Alessandro; Papa M'B. P. N'Diaye - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
Japan is facing a sizable fiscal imbalance against a backdrop of weak trend growth and growing external imbalances in … reforms on the Japanese and world economies. Simulation results indicate that these could reduce substantially Japan's fiscal … imbalance with only limited spillovers to the rest of the world. Specifically, faster productivity growth would help lower Japan …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825976
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The Optimal Level of International Reserves for Emerging Market Countries; Formulas and Applications
Ranciere, Romain; Jeanne, Olivier - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
We present a model of the optimal level of international reserves for a small open economy that is vulnerable to sudden stops in capital flows. Reserves allow the country to smooth domestic absorption in response to sudden stops, but yield a lower return than the interest rate on the country's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826236
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Are Emerging Asia’s Reserves Really too High?
Ruiz-Arranz, Marta; Zavadjil, Milan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2008
Empirical analysis does not suggest that reserves are "too high" in the majority of Asian countries, though China may be a special case. Much of the reserve increase in Asia can be explained by an optimal insurance model under which reserves provide a steady source of liquidity to cushion the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826420
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The Currency Composition of Foreign Exchange Reserves; Retrospect and Prospect
Eichengreen, Barry J.; Mathieson, Donald J. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
currencies and its principal determinants: trade flows, financial flows and currency pegs. This result contrasts sharply with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826450
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Djibouti; First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper on the First Review Under the Staff-Monitored Program (SMP) on Djibouti explains macroeconomic framework and policies. The policy discussions centered on the need to sustain the improvement in the country’s fiscal position in the remainder of the year and steadfast structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767405
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Uruguay; Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Modification of the Arrangement and Waiver of Nonobservance and Applicability of Performance Criteria, and Ex...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper examines Uruguay’s Fourth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Modification of the Arrangement. The macroeconomic framework is broadly on track, but progress with structural reform has lagged. With regard to the quantitative performance criteria, there was a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005768502