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flexibility, and be consistent with medium-term fiscal sustainability. Improving debt resolution instruments will help the banks …
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income support, including for unemployment benefits, the minimum guaranteed income, and pensions. Rapid social spending … growth has funded substantial increases in unemployment and family benefits. …
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rising employment and increasing reports of labor shortages and wage drift indicate intensifying pressures. …
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small gains in employment and nominal wage growth barely matching inflation. Investment demand continued to expand …
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The 2006 Article IV Consultation on San Marino explains financial sector development and stability. A wide-ranging reform of the regulatory framework and supervision is under way to modernize the financial sector and make it conform to international standards. Executive Directors encouraged to...
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With a modest recovery in the global economy underway, and amid rising concerns about the sharp increase in government debt in several countries, debate has increasingly focused on the need to identify and implement fiscal exit strategies. This paper reviews the medium-term plans of 25 countries...
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The paper explores the macroeconomic effects of three public pension reforms, namely an increase in retirement age, a … Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF), we find that public pension reforms can have a positive effect on growth in both the short … stronger capital accumulation due to higher world savings. An increase in the retirement age reform yields the strongest impact …
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that the Luxembourg authorities are adjusting policies to the growth slowdown, although major new initiatives are on hold in the run-up to the June 2004 general election. Tax cuts, high expenditure, and weak activity are estimated to have caused a...
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further pressure on banks and the flow of credit. The authorities have made significant progress in revenue administration …
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The French economy weathered global crisis better than most of its peers. The authorities have taken important policy actions to stabilize the financial system and have implemented suitable fiscal stimulus to cushion the downturn. Executive Directors welcomed the policy, which aims to strengthen...
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