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United States; 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that following an extended boom led by strong domestic demand, the slowdown in the United States has largely reflected a drag from residential investment as the housing market has weakened substantially. Unexpected weakness in business investment and...

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Peru; Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Requests for Establishment of Performance Criteria, Wavier of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, and Rephasing of Future Disbursements: 2005 Staff Report; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Peru

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

This paper discusses key findings of the Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement for Peru. The economy continued to perform well in 2004. Real GDP grew by 5.1 percent, inflation was 3.5 percent at end-December, and the fiscal deficit of the combined public sector narrowed to 1.1 percent of...

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Papua New Guinea; 2006 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion for Papua New Guinea

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007

fiscal vulnerabilities, lowered inflation, spurred business confidence, and boosted growth. High prices for key export …

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To Disclose Or Not? An Analysis Of Software User Behavior

Nizovtsev, Dmitri; Thursby, Marie - 2006

This paper addresses the ongoing debate over disclosing information about software vulnerabilities through an open … by rational loss-minimizing agents. We provide conditions under which full public disclosure of vulnerabilities is … users are able to develop fixes for discovered vulnerabilities without inordinate effort, welfare is further improved. This …

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The Challenges of the World Economy Cohesion Factor – the Internet: World Reorganization, Vulnerabilities, Discrepancies and Power Discernment

Negricea, Costel Iliuta - In: Romanian Economic Business Review 1 (2006) 1, pp. 59-66

Times are changing continuously. The changes are in continues acceleration, and the way in which we are able to greet them and to adapt will become an important issue for any organizational structure. No organizations, economical or not, can afford not to be interested for the challenges of new...

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Experience with Large Fiscal Adjustments

Horton, Mark A.; Tsibouris, George C.; Maliszewski, Wojciech - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

When policymakers have little option but to consider a sizable fiscal adjustment, they are confronted by the following questions: Can a large fiscal adjustment be implemented succesfully? How is a large adjustment best designed and implemented? What will be its impact on the economy? This...

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Peru; Third Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Establishment of Performance Criteria and Waiver of Applicability: Staff Report; and Press Release on the Executive Board Consideration

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006

The staff report for the Third Review under the Stand-By Arrangement and request for establishment of performance criteria focuses on Peruâ€™s economic developments, outlook, and program for 2006. The Peruvian economy continues to perform well. Fiscal transparency has been increased,...

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Using the Balance Sheet Approach in Surveillance; Framework, Data Sources, and Data Availability

Pellechio, Anthony J.; Mathisen, Johan - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

analyze vulnerabilities in a country as well as an overview of data sources that can be employed for this analysis. The paper … also discusses how these new datasets are enhancing surveillance activities related to balance sheet vulnerabilities. …

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The Korean Crisis; What Did We Know and When Did We Know it? What Stress Tests of the Corporate Sector Reveal

Karasulu, Meral; Jones, Matthew T. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006

sheets can play a useful role in understanding potential financial vulnerabilities. …

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GDP-Indexed Bonds: Making It Happen

Griffith-Jones, Stephany; Sharma, Krishnan - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2006

There has been increasing interest in exploring financial instruments that could limit the cyclical vulnerabilities of … instruments that could limit the cyclical vulnerabilities of developing countries and reduce the likelihood of defaults and debt …: GDP-indexed bonds, cyclical vulnerabilities, issuers, investors, public good, interna- tional public action. Stephany …

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