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Indonesia: Selected Issues »
Source: Indonesia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2010/285
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455208517
Keywords: commodity, commodity boom, international monetary fund, exchange rate, real exchange
This paper takes an in-depth look into recent trade patterns to assess the extent of such concerns. It is found that (i) there is no strong evidence of Dutch Disease; (ii) weak performance in some sectors, so far,...

Indonesia: Selected Issues »
Source: Indonesia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2010/285
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455208517
Keywords: commodity, commodity boom, international monetary fund, exchange rate, real exchange
This paper takes an in-depth look into recent trade patterns to assess the extent of such concerns. It is found that (i) there is no strong evidence of Dutch Disease; (ii) weak performance in some sectors, so far,...

Indonesia »
Source: Indonesia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2010/285
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455208517
Keywords: commodity, commodity boom, international monetary fund, exchange rate, real exchange
This paper takes an in-depth look into recent trade patterns to assess the extent of such concerns. It is found that (i) there is no strong evidence of Dutch Disease; (ii) weak performance in some sectors, so far,...

Indonesia: Selected Issues »
Source: Indonesia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2010/285
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455208517
Keywords: commodity, commodity boom, international monetary fund, exchange rate, real exchange
This paper takes an in-depth look into recent trade patterns to assess the extent of such concerns. It is found that (i) there is no strong evidence of Dutch Disease; (ii) weak performance in some sectors, so far,...

Commodity Price Shocks and Fiscal Outcomes »
Source: Commodity Price Shocks and Fiscal Outcomes
Volume/Issue: 2012/112
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Issouf Samaké , and Nicola Spatafora
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2012
ISBN: 9781475503333
Keywords: Commodity Booms, export prices, commodity export, commodity exporters, exporters, import prices, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General,
The experience of developing countries over 1990-2010 indicates that commodity prices have a significant impact on fiscal outcomes. Both revenue and expenditure rise in response to commodity (import or export) pric...

Trading on Their Terms? Commodity Exporters in the Aftermath of the Commodity Boom1 »
Source: Trading on Their Terms? Commodity Exporters in the Aftermath of the Commodity Boom
Volume/Issue: 2016/27
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Aqib Aslam , Samya Beidas-Strom , Rudolfs Bems , Oya Celasun , Sinem Kılıç Çelik , and Zsoka Koczan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 February 2016
ISBN: 9781498338158
Keywords: Resource Boom, commodity, output, trade, price, prices, Global Commodity Crises, Resource Booms, All Countries,, Natural resources
Commodity prices have declined sharply over the past three years, and output growth has slowed considerably among countries that are net exporters of commodities. A critical question for policy makers in these econ...

Commodity Terms of Trade »
Source: Commodity Terms of Trade : The History of Booms and Busts
Volume/Issue: 2009/205
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2009
ISBN: 9781451873528
Keywords: commodity booms, commodity busts, commodity exporters, exporters, Trade: General, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: General, Economic Growth of Open Economies,
We compile a historical dataset covering nearly 40 years of booms and busts in the commodity terms of trade of over 150 countries. We discuss the characteristics of these events and their effects on macroeconomic p...

Macroeconomic Stability in Resource-Rich Countries »
Source: Macroeconomic Stability in Resource-Rich Countries
Volume/Issue: 2016/36
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Elva Bova , Paulo Medas , and Tigran Poghosyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 February 2016
ISBN: 9781475596465
Keywords: resource-rich countries, procyclical fiscal policy, commodity, prices, price, fiscal policy, General, Models with Panel Data, All Countries,, Natural resources
Resource-rich countries face large and persistent shocks, especially coming from volatile commodity prices. Given the severity of the shocks, it would be expected that these countries adopt countercyclical fiscal p...

After the Boom–Commodity Prices and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean »
Source: After the Boom-Commodity Prices and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Volume/Issue: 2014/154
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Bertrand Gruss
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 August 2014
ISBN: 9781498363518
Keywords: Global VAR (GVAR), commodity prices, output growth, Latin America, commodity exporters, exporters, commodity exports, Time-Series Models, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Economic Growth of Open Economies
After skyrocketing over the past decade, commodity prices have remained stable or eased somewhat since mid-2011-and most projections suggest they are not likely to resume the upward trend observed in the last decad...

Commodity Windfalls, Polarization, and Net Foreign Assets »
Source: Commodity Windfalls, Polarization, and Net Foreign Assets : Panel Data Evidenceon the Voracity Effect
Volume/Issue: 2010/209
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Markus Bruckner , and Rabah Arezki
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2010
ISBN: 9781455205400
Keywords: Commodity Windfalls, Net Foreign Assets, Polarization, foreign assets, net foreign asset, foreign asset, net foreign asset position, Equity, Justice, Inequality
This paper examines the effect that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007. The main finding is that windfalls from int...