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Progress Towards External Adjustment in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics
Mr. Joong S Kang
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Mr. Jay C Shambaugh
The euro area periphery countries and the Baltic countries, which had large current account deficits in the run-up to the crisis, needed adjustment of relative prices to achieve both internal and external balances. Thus far, tangible progress has been made through lower wages and/or higher productivity relative to trading partners (“internal devaluation”), which contributed to narrowing current account deficits and shifting output towards the tradables sector. While some early adjusters cut wages more rapidly followed by productivity improvement, others have only slowly improved productivity largely through labor shedding. This adjustment for most countries has come along with a substantial recession as the unit labor cost improvement has largely come from falling employment and much of the current account improvement from import compression. Going forward, these countries still need to generate growing tradables sector employment and to continue adjustment to prevent imbalances from returning as output gaps close.
Keywords:
WP; IMF staff calculation; current account; cost; Current account deficit; Internal devaluation; Competitiveness; Unit labor cost; output recovery; private sector; labor shedding; ULC peak; Labor costs; Wages; Employment; Current account deficits; Productivity; Baltics; Global
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Finance and Development, September 2013
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s own staff as well as by prominent international experts. Articles are written for lay readers who want to enrich their understanding of the workings of the global economy and the policies and activities of the IMF.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; economy; investment; remittance; natural resource; revenue
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Finance and Development, September 2013
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s own staff as well as by prominent international experts. Articles are written for lay readers who want to enrich their understanding of the workings of the global economy and the policies and activities of the IMF.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; economy; investment; remittance; natural resource; revenue
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Finance and Development, September 2013
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly magazine brings you in-depth analyses of these and other subjects by the IMF’s own staff as well as by prominent international experts. Articles are written for lay readers who want to enrich their understanding of the workings of the global economy and the policies and activities of the IMF.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; economy; investment; remittance; natural resource; revenue; resource wealth; rhetorical device of founding argument; mineral commodity summary; story of White's treachery; Bretton Woods system; Natural resources; Output gap; Public investment spending; Remittances; Potential output; Global; South America; Central Asia and the Caucasus; North America; Caribbean
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Finanzas & Desarrollo, septiembre de 2013
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Suscríbase a Finanzas & Desarrollo para mantenerse al día de las últimas corrientes del pensamiento económico en lo que respecta al sistema financiero internacional, la política monetaria, el desarrollo económico, la reducción de la pobreza y otras cuestiones de importancia fundamental. Esta amena revista trimestral ofrece análisis profundos de técnicos del FMI y respetados expertos internacionales sobre estas y otras cuestiones. Los artículos están redactados teniendo en mira al lector no especializado interesado en comprender el funcionamiento de la economía mundial y las políticas y actividades del FMI.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; economy; investment; remittance; natural resource; revenue
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Finances & Développement, septembre 2013
International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Pour les dernières idées sur le système financier international, la politique monétaire, le développement économique, la lutte contre la pauvreté et d’autres questions importantes, abonnez-vous à Finances & Développement (F&D). Ce trimestriel attrayant présente des analyses approfondies sur ces thèmes et d'autres sujets, rédigées par les membres des services du FMI ainsi que par des experts de renommée internationale. Les articles sont écrits pour les non-spécialistes qui souhaitent enrichir leur compréhension des rouages de l'économie mondiale et des politiques et activités du FMI.
Keywords:
FD; F&D; economy; investment; remittance; natural resource; revenue
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Rapid Growth in the CIS: Panel Regression Approach
Mr. Garbis Iradian
This paper analytically explores and empirically tests a number of hypotheses to explain the rapid growth in transition economies. The paper finds that growth in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has been higher because of the recovery of lost output, progress in macroeconomic stabilization and market reforms, and favorable external conditions. Some of these factors are unlikely to continue for a very long time. The challenge is to improve the investment climate in the non-primary sectors, which will require broadening the scope of macroeconomic reform into a second generation of reforms encompassing structural and institutional areas.
Keywords:
WP; CIS country; real GDP; economic growth; CIS economy
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
Mexico: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
This Selected Issues paper is a wide-ranging survey of the conditions for, and obstacles to, the growth in Mexico. It frames the issue of Mexico’s growth record, and presents the paper’s prior assumptions and approach. It highlights the main observations and conclusions emerging from the survey of growth conditions in Mexico. It also presents an overview of remittances in Mexico, motivated by their recent increase and possible macroeconomic implications.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; remittance; Mexico; remittances to Mexico; emigration; remittances inflow; net export; remittances data; productivity growth; household remittance; remittances in Mexico; Remittances; Competition; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Productivity; Infrastructure; East Asia; Global
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Albania: Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund
The Selected Issues paper analyzes the determinants of growth in Albania, the macroeconomic underpinnings for growth, the role of remittances in the economy, and the policy response to rapid credit growth. It also analyzes the official estimates with estimates from various macroeconomic surveys, and discusses the implications for the structure of the balance of payments. It also provides a framework for analyzing the budgetary impact of remittances in Albania, and examines the acceleration of credit growth and the policy options available to address the resulting macroeconomic and prudential concerns.
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; prefix; state audit of Albania; parliament of Albania; presidency of Albania; aggregate remittance estimate; growth performance; Remittances; Credit; Total factor productivity; Loans; Commercial banks; Baltics; Europe; Global; Caribbean; Eastern Europe
Cover IMF Staff Papers
IMF Staff Papers, Volume 52, No. 1
International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
This first issue of IMF Staff Papers for 2005 contains 7 papers that discuss: whether output recovered after the Asian crisis; the value of a country's trading partners to its own economic growth; whether interdependence is a factor in understanding the spread of currency crises; can remittance payments from expatriates be a reliable source of capital for economic development?; total factor productivity; designing a VAT for the energy trade in Russia and Ukraine; and lastly, a discussion of the reasons for central bank intervention in ERM-I since 1993
Keywords:
SP; trading partner; worker remittance; TFP estimate; crisis probability; recession state; output loss; Exchange rates; Remittances; Conventional peg; Value-added tax; Total factor productivity; Global; Baltics; East Asia; Middle East; North Africa; Central Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa; Europe