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Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Ireland: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
This Selected Issues paper estimates the cyclical position of the Irish economy. Assessing the business cycle in Ireland is complicated by the open character of its labor market and large presence of globally active multinationals. However, analysis suggests that the Irish economy is in the midst of a cyclical upswing. All methods suggest a positive output gap in 2017, while the labor market shows signs of upward wage pressures, as net immigration has been weak so far. These signs are consistent with a cyclical upswing, amid strong estimated potential output growth, and point to risks of a boom-bust cycle, should the economy continue to push the growth momentum.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; commercial real estate; price; CRE price; labor force gap; growth labor force growth; exit tax; CRE market; Labor force; Corporate income tax; Personal income; Labor markets; Unemployment rate; Global; Europe
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Spain: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic growth in Spain has resumed, and unemployment is falling. Exporters are gaining market share, and the current account is in surplus for the first time in decades. Financial conditions have improved sharply, with sovereign yields at record lows. Business investment is rebounding strongly and private consumption has also started to recover owing to improved employment prospects and rising confidence. Executive Directors have welcomed the improving Spanish economy. They have stressed that labor market reform should be accompanied by product and service market liberalization to maximize the gains to growth and jobs.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; government tax Reform Proposa; government Tax Reform Proposal; rate; government; vis nonresident; increase VAT; trend productivity growth; committee's recommendation; Employment; Unemployment; Labor markets; Wages; Corporate income tax; Europe; Global
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Italy: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
The Selected Issues paper provides an estimate of the output gap and potential output for Italy, and examines the sensitivity of the results to assumptions regarding employment and productivity growth. The paper focuses on the labor market more directly by examining the linkages between wage bargaining systems, regional wage differentiation, and regional unemployment disparities. It also provides an assessment of the government’s tax reform program, including its potential to increase incentives for employment and investment.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; TFP growth; tax; dampening productivity growth; wage differentiation; employment growth; staff estimate; tax rate; Total factor productivity; Wages; Wage bargaining; Income; Output gap; Europe; Global
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Canada: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
The issue of productivity growth in Canada has received considerable attention reflecting its marked slowdown since the early 1970s and concerns about its implications for Canadian competitiveness. To better understand productivity developments in Canada, it is useful to decompose total factor productivity (TFP) into investment-specific productivity change (ISP) and technologically neutral productivity change (TNP). The gap in manufacturing productivity growth between Canada and the United States originates mostly in the strong performance of specific industries, such as electrical products and commercial and industrial machinery.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Canada; rate; employer; tax rate; labour market; statistics Canada; employment insurance system; TNP growth; employer pay; unemployment differential; contribution rate; Income tax systems; Corporate income tax; Total factor productivity; Unemployment; Europe; North America
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Germany: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper analyzes labor market asymmetries and macroeconomic adjustment in Germany. Empirical work reported shows that in Germany, negative demand shocks increase the unemployment rate by more than the decrease in the unemployment rate caused by a comparable-sized positive demand shock. The contribution of labor costs to explaining the high level of unemployment, particularly since unification, is studied. Empirical estimates are obtained for the wage gap—the deviation of actual labor costs from warranted labor costs based on estimated production functions assuming competitive factor markets and full employment.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; enterprise; Länder; replacement rate; labor market; wage-price mechanism; monetary policy; dispersion pattern; Unemployment rate; Pension spending; Pensions; Wage gap; Unemployment; Global; Eastern Europe; Europe
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Canada: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper reviews Canada’s business tax system, looking at the incentive effects of the country’s business tax regime and their implications for output and employment. It presents estimates of marginal effective tax rates on corporate-source income in Canada and comparator countries across sectors, asset classes, means of finance, and asset ownership. The paper also examines labor markets in Canada. It notes that unemployment rates in Canada have risen across all demographic groups, industries, and regions, although young and less-educated workers and workers in agriculture and primary industries have been most severely affected.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; ODA priority; Canada's official development assistance; CPI; DAC basis; productivity growth; CPI market basket; Pensions; Corporate income tax; Payroll tax; Productivity; Total factor productivity; North America; Central and Eastern Europe; Global; Africa; Asia and Pacific