Abstract
New Q&A feature in this issue focuses on "Seven Questions about Recessions" (by Marco Terrones); IMF research summaries on financial stress (by Selim Elekdag) and on the real effects of the 2007–08 financial crisis (by Hui Tong); listing of visiting scholars at the IMF during April–June 2009; listing of recent IMF Working Papers; listing of contents of Vol. 56 No. 2 of IMF Staff Papers; listing of recent external publications by IMF staff; and a feature on Staff Position Notes, the IMF’s new policy paper series, including a list of recent papers.
Visiting Scholars, April–June 2009
Yacine Ait-Sahalia; Princeton University; 2/13/09–4/30/09
Michael Binder; University of Maryland; 3/26/09–4/3/09
Michael Bordo; Rutgers University; 4/20/09–4/24/09
Kevin Clinton; 4/13/09–4/30/09
James D. Hamilton; University of California, San Diego; 5/18/09–5/19/09
Matteo Iacoviello; Boston College; 4/20/09–4/30/09
Marianne Johnson; Bank of Canada; 10/24/08–4/30/09
Kajal Lahiri; University of Albany, State University of New York; 4/7/09–4/17/09
Marcella Lucchetta; 4/1/09–4/14/09
Peter Montiel; Williams College; 9/11/08–9/10/09
Peter Pedroni; Williams College; 4/1/09–4/14/09
Paolo Pesenti; Federal Reserve New York; 11/12/07–11/2/09
Juan Rubio-Ramirez; Duke University; 6/4/09–6/11/09
Damiano Sandri; Johns Hopkins University; 5/18/09– 5/29/09
Catherine Ruth Schenk; 4/27/09–5/13/09
Yusuke Tateno; 4/6/09–4/17/09
David Vavra; 4/1/09–4/1/09
Xiaojing Zhang; Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; 4/14/09–4/24/09