This paper highlights various problems and policies related to latent inflation. Disappointment will undoubtedly be widespread if, after 10 years of inflation control, latent inflation is permitted to become active and there is a considerable rise in prices. It is not unlikely that some...

This paper focuses on various aspects of inflation in Latin America. Among short-run factors, World War II considerably affected the balance of payments of Latin American countries and thus indirectly their inflationary situation. Inflation in a greater or less degree has long been...

This paper reports the unfinished business of the 1974 Report to the Board of Governors on Reform of the International Monetary System on the question of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) as a basket of currencies. The SDR basket was revised after an initial period of four years and is subject to...

An earlier version of this paper was presented to a conference on the topic “Is the Business Cycle Obsolete?” organized by the Social Science Research Council and held in London, England, on April 3–7, 1967

This paper presents the demonstration effect imparted by the economic performance of a select group of developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia, where the growth of trade has played a major role. The outward-oriented strategies have been typically characterized, inter alia, by the...

This paper examines the conditions under which the monetary authorities of a large industrial country can influence the exchange rate while keeping the growth rate of the money stock on a predetermined target. Monetary policy in the large industrial countries has in recent years focused...

This paper analyzes the types of fiscal performance clauses incorporated in the 105 arrangements, bearing in mind the policy and practice to avoid performance clauses relating to specific fiscal measures, such as changes in particular forms of taxation and changes in specific elements of...

This paper explores trends in payment imbalances between 1952 and 1964. When desired reserves deviate appreciably from actual holdings, the authorities will sooner or later readjust their economic policies to reduce the magnitude of the deviation. On the assumption that the priorities given in...

This paper discusses that the need for financing accounts and for integrated income and financing accounts is to be found in the fact that the income accounts are deficient in two respects as a source of data on the variables in the Keynesian analysis. Investment as measured in the income...

This paper analyzes the determination of monetary policy is an exercise that must include the organization of information so that proper conclusions may be reached regarding the application of policy instruments. The information on which policies have to be based is frequently a complex set of...