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Jordan: Selected Issues
Author: International Monetary Fund
Series:
IMF Staff Country Reports
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2012: Issue 120
Language:
English
Publication Date:
22 May 2012
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781475503845.002
ISBN:
9781475503845
ISSN:
1934-7685
Pages:
32
Keywords:
ISCR; CR; Jordan; policy stance; investment; energy price subsidy; oil price booms; IMF staff estimate; physical capital accumulation; Jordan's ranking; Public investment spending; Capital accumulation; Energy subsidies; Reserve positions; Energy pricing; Global; Sub-Saharan Africa; Central Asia; Middle East and Central Asia; Middle East
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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 international prices. The macroeconomic situation in Jordan is closely tied to that of other countries in the Middle East. From a policy perspective, macroeconomic and structural policies in Jordan should be conducted in such a way that the vulnerability of the country to sudden stops or reversals of external income flows is reduced.
Cover IMF Staff Country Reports
IMF Staff Country Reports
ISSN:
1934-7685
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund