Volume/Issue: 2019/244
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pragyan Deb
,
Albe Gjonbalaj
, and
Swarnali Hannan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2019
ISBN: 9781513516097
China's current account surplus has declined significantly from its peak in 2008 and the external position in 2018 was in line with medium-term fundamentals and desirable policies. While cyclical factors and expans...
Volume/Issue: 2019/244
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pragyan Deb
,
Albe Gjonbalaj
, and
Swarnali Hannan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
November
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513516097.001
ISBN: 9781513516097
China's current account surplus has declined significantly from its peak in 2008 and the external position in 2018 was in line with medium-term fundamentals and desirable policies. While cyclical factors and expans...
Volume/Issue: 2016/31
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Zsoka Koczan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
February
2016
ISBN: 9781475515060
Emerging Europe has undergone a major economic transformation over the past 25 years. Most countries experienced initial drops in output during transition, followed by recovery in the second half of the 1990s. The...
Volume/Issue: 2016/31
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Zsoka Koczan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
February
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475515060.001
ISBN: 9781475515060
Emerging Europe has undergone a major economic transformation over the past 25 years. Most countries experienced initial drops in output during transition, followed by recovery in the second half of the 1990s. The...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2014
Language: French
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498385107.002
ISBN: 9781498385107
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2014
Language: French
ISBN: 9781498385107
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2014
Language: French
ISBN: 9781498385107
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2014
Language: French
ISBN: 9781498385107
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
December
2014
Language: French
ISBN: 9781498385107
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
October
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498371018.002
ISBN: 9781498371018
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498305990.002
ISBN: 9781498305990
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498305990
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498305990
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498305990
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/273
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2014
ISBN: 9781498305990
...
Volume/Issue: 2014/153
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christian Ebeke
, and
Greetje Everaert
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
August
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498317207.001
ISBN: 9781498317207
While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three Baltic countrie...
Volume/Issue: 2014/153
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Christian Ebeke
, and
Greetje Everaert
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
August
2014
ISBN: 9781498317207
While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three Baltic countrie...
Volume/Issue: 2014/243
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
August
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484355671.002
ISBN: 9781484355671
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether Kazakhstan has made progress in achieving a more equal income distribution, lower poverty, and a higher level of employment. Given the overarching structural challenges f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/243
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
August
2014
ISBN: 9781484355671
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether Kazakhstan has made progress in achieving a more equal income distribution, lower poverty, and a higher level of employment. Given the overarching structural challenges f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/243
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
August
2014
ISBN: 9781484355671
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether Kazakhstan has made progress in achieving a more equal income distribution, lower poverty, and a higher level of employment. Given the overarching structural challenges f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/243
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
August
2014
ISBN: 9781484355671
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether Kazakhstan has made progress in achieving a more equal income distribution, lower poverty, and a higher level of employment. Given the overarching structural challenges f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/243
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
August
2014
ISBN: 9781484355671
This Selected Issues paper analyzes whether Kazakhstan has made progress in achieving a more equal income distribution, lower poverty, and a higher level of employment. Given the overarching structural challenges f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
July
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498308007.002
ISBN: 9781498308007
This Selected Issues paper assesses the youth unemployment problem in advanced European economies, especially the euro area. Youth unemployment rates increased sharply in the euro area after the crisis. Much of the...
Volume/Issue: 2014/154
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
June
2014
ISBN: 9781498329019
This paper focuses on Haiti's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and 2014-2016 Three-Year Investment Program. The Haiti Strategic Development Plan presents the new framework for the planning, programming, and managem...
Volume/Issue: 2014/154
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
June
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498329019.002
ISBN: 9781498329019
This paper focuses on Haiti's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and 2014-2016 Three-Year Investment Program. The Haiti Strategic Development Plan presents the new framework for the planning, programming, and managem...
Volume/Issue: 2014/77
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Dmitry Plotnikov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
May
2014
ISBN: 9781484371749
This paper develops and estimates a general equilibrium rational expectations model with search and multiple equilibria where aggregate shocks have a permanent effect on the unemployment rate. If agents' wealth dec...
Volume/Issue: 2014/77
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Dmitry Plotnikov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
May
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484371749.006
ISBN: 9781484371749
This paper develops and estimates a general equilibrium rational expectations model with search and multiple equilibria where aggregate shocks have a permanent effect on the unemployment rate. If agents' wealth dec...
Volume/Issue: 2014/24
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Laurence Ball
,
João Tovar Jalles
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
February
2014
ISBN: 9781475584097
This paper provides an assessment of the consistency of unemployment and output forecasts. We show that, consistent with Okun's Law, forecasts of real GDP growth and the change in unemployment are negatively correl...
Volume/Issue: 2014/24
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Laurence Ball
,
João Tovar Jalles
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475584097.001
ISBN: 9781475584097
This paper provides an assessment of the consistency of unemployment and output forecasts. We show that, consistent with Okun's Law, forecasts of real GDP growth and the change in unemployment are negatively correl...
Volume/Issue: 2014/24
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
January
2014
ISBN: 9781484396339
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria's GDP has grown subs...
Volume/Issue: 2014/24
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
January
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484396339.002
ISBN: 9781484396339
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria's GDP has grown subs...
Volume/Issue: 2013/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ippei Shibata
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
September
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484392270.001
ISBN: 9781484392270
Despite its low unemployment rate, the recent shift in the Japanese Beveridge curve indicates increased labor mismatch. This paper quantifies the age, employment-type (full or part-time), and occupational mismatch...
Volume/Issue: 2013/196
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ippei Shibata
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484392270
Despite its low unemployment rate, the recent shift in the Japanese Beveridge curve indicates increased labor mismatch. This paper quantifies the age, employment-type (full or part-time), and occupational mismatch...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484382554.002
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/277
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
September
2013
ISBN: 9781484382554
This 2013 Article IV Consultation examines the performance of Sweden's fiscal policies to counter effects of global financial crisis. Economic growth in Sweden has been moderate since global financial crisis of 200...
Volume/Issue: 2013/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484336670
The Macedonian labor market exhibits a high unemployment rate, yet does not demonstrate obvious and large enough constraints on the demand or supply side. Considerable achievements can be made by maintaining macroe...
Volume/Issue: 2013/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484336670
The Macedonian labor market exhibits a high unemployment rate, yet does not demonstrate obvious and large enough constraints on the demand or supply side. Considerable achievements can be made by maintaining macroe...
Volume/Issue: 2013/179
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484336670.002
ISBN: 9781484336670
The Macedonian labor market exhibits a high unemployment rate, yet does not demonstrate obvious and large enough constraints on the demand or supply side. Considerable achievements can be made by maintaining macroe...
Volume/Issue: 2013/146
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alberto Behar
, and
Junghwan Mok
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484329412
We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled datasets for a large cross-section of developing and advanced countries, and discuss the impli...
Volume/Issue: 2013/146
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alberto Behar
, and
Junghwan Mok
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
June
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484329412.001
ISBN: 9781484329412
We quantify the extent to which public-sector employment crowds out private-sector employment using specially assembled datasets for a large cross-section of developing and advanced countries, and discuss the impli...
Volume/Issue: 2013/110
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484340769.002
ISBN: 9781484340769
Morocco has made substantial progress in increasing inclusive growth over the past decade, but additional efforts in terms of growth-enhancing structural reforms are needed. Preserving economic efficiency and foste...
Volume/Issue: 2013/110
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
May
2013
ISBN: 9781484340769
Morocco has made substantial progress in increasing inclusive growth over the past decade, but additional efforts in terms of growth-enhancing structural reforms are needed. Preserving economic efficiency and foste...
Volume/Issue: 2013/110
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
May
2013
ISBN: 9781484340769
Morocco has made substantial progress in increasing inclusive growth over the past decade, but additional efforts in terms of growth-enhancing structural reforms are needed. Preserving economic efficiency and foste...
Volume/Issue: 2013/2
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Olivier Blanchard
,
Florence Jaumotte
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
March
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484301289.006
ISBN: 9781484301289
This paper does two things. First, it articulates what are the main implications of theoretical and empirical research for design of labor market policies and labor market institutions. Second, in this light, the p...
Volume/Issue: 2013/2
Series: Staff Discussion Notes
Author(s):
Olivier Blanchard
,
Florence Jaumotte
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
March
2013
ISBN: 9781484301289
This paper does two things. First, it articulates what are the main implications of theoretical and empirical research for design of labor market policies and labor market institutions. Second, in this light, the p...
Volume/Issue: 2013/58
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrew Warner
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
February
2013
ISBN: 9781475579147
Welfare economics, scope and performance of government, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, subsidies economize on spending without losing effectiveness by modifying the conceptual framework guiding...
Volume/Issue: 2013/58
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Andrew Warner
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
February
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475579147.001
ISBN: 9781475579147
Welfare economics, scope and performance of government, externalities, public goods, cost-benefit analysis, subsidies economize on spending without losing effectiveness by modifying the conceptual framework guiding...
Volume/Issue: 2013/42
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Tom Krebs
, and
Martin Scheffel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
February
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589062702.001
ISBN: 9781589062702
In 2005 the German government implemented the so-called Hartz IV reform, which amounted to a complete overhaul of the German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment ben...
Volume/Issue: 2013/42
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Tom Krebs
, and
Martin Scheffel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
February
2013
ISBN: 9781589062702
In 2005 the German government implemented the so-called Hartz IV reform, which amounted to a complete overhaul of the German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment ben...
Volume/Issue: 2013/29
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475578522.002
ISBN: 9781475578522
This note presents estimates of potential growth and the output gap in Latvia. The estimates suggest that the output has marked below potential in the early 2000s but the output gap becomes positive and large after...
Volume/Issue: 2013/29
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
January
2013
ISBN: 9781475578522
This note presents estimates of potential growth and the output gap in Latvia. The estimates suggest that the output has marked below potential in the early 2000s but the output gap becomes positive and large after...
Volume/Issue: 2013/29
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
January
2013
ISBN: 9781475578522
This note presents estimates of potential growth and the output gap in Latvia. The estimates suggest that the output has marked below potential in the early 2000s but the output gap becomes positive and large after...
Volume/Issue: 2013/10
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Laurence Ball
,
Daniel Leigh
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475574265.001
ISBN: 9781475574265
This paper asks how well Okun's Law fits short-run unemployment movements in the United States since 1948 and in twenty advanced economies since 1980. We find that Okun's Law isa strong and stable relationship in m...
Volume/Issue: 2013/10
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Laurence Ball
,
Daniel Leigh
, and
Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
January
2013
ISBN: 9781475574265
This paper asks how well Okun's Law fits short-run unemployment movements in the United States since 1948 and in twenty advanced economies since 1980. We find that Okun's Law isa strong and stable relationship in m...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616355722.002
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/299
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
November
2012
ISBN: 9781616355722
This selected issues paper on Sudan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information...
Volume/Issue: 2012/247
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pritha Mitra
, and
Ruben Atoyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
October
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475512878.001
ISBN: 9781475512878
Ukraine's gas pricing policy subsidizes gas and heating for all households. As the cost of imported gas rises, this policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy over-consumption, dampens inves...
Volume/Issue: 2012/247
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Pritha Mitra
, and
Ruben Atoyan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
October
2012
ISBN: 9781475512878
Ukraine's gas pricing policy subsidizes gas and heating for all households. As the cost of imported gas rises, this policy increasingly weighs on government finances, sustains energy over-consumption, dampens inves...
Volume/Issue: 2012/237
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Emine Boz
,
Ceyhun Bora Durdu
, and
Nan Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
October
2012
ISBN: 9781475511208
Emerging economies are characterized by higher consumption and real wage variability relative to output and a strongly countercyclical current account. A real business cycle model of a small open economy that embed...
Volume/Issue: 2012/237
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Emine Boz
,
Ceyhun Bora Durdu
, and
Nan Li
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
October
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475511208.001
ISBN: 9781475511208
Emerging economies are characterized by higher consumption and real wage variability relative to output and a strongly countercyclical current account. A real business cycle model of a small open economy that embed...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
September
2012
ISBN: CPVIEAEX
Four years after the onset of the global financial crisis, low-income countries (LICs), especially those that have benefited from high commodity prices, have begun to register stron...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
September
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/CPVIEAEX.073
ISBN: CPVIEAEX
In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic growth. However, many are now facing enormous difficulties because of rapidly rising food...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
September
2012
ISBN: CPVIEAEX
In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic growth. However, many are now facing enormous difficulties because of rapidly rising food...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Min Zhu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
September
2012
ISBN: CPVIEAEX
In the years following the global financial crisis, many low-income countries experienced rapid recovery and strong economic growth. However, many are now facing enormous difficulties because of rapidly rising food...
Volume/Issue: 48/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2012
Language: Chinese
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455215829.022
ISBN: 9781455215829
'Wising Up to the Costs of Aging' looks at how falling fertility and rising life expectancy have combined to threaten the ability of many countries to provide a decent standard of living for the old without imposin...
Volume/Issue: 48/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
August
2012
Language: Chinese
ISBN: 9781455215829
'Wising Up to the Costs of Aging' looks at how falling fertility and rising life expectancy have combined to threaten the ability of many countries to provide a decent standard of living for the old without imposin...
Volume/Issue: 2012/209
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475506341.002
ISBN: 9781475506341
Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension bene...
Volume/Issue: 2012/209
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2012
ISBN: 9781475506341
Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension bene...
Volume/Issue: 2012/209
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2012
ISBN: 9781475506341
Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension bene...
Volume/Issue: 2012/209
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
August
2012
ISBN: 9781475506341
Japan has a universal public pension system. Social security spending is a key fiscal policy challenge in Japan. The 2004 pension reforms have increased the ratio of the government subsidy to the basic pension bene...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475506679.002
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/194
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
July
2012
ISBN: 9781475506679
The Nigerian economy remained strong, with a non-oil real GDP of 8.3 percent and an overall real GDP of 6.7 percent. A modest fiscal consolidation took place in 2011 as a response to the substantial monetary tight...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475503845.002
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
Volume/Issue: 2012/120
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2012
ISBN: 9781475503845
This Selected Issues Paper focuses on economic condition, energy subsidies, and oil prices in Jordan. Energy price subsidies pose a serious fiscal risk in the present context of increasing and volatile internationa...
