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Recent U.S. Labor Force Dynamics: Reversible or not?
Balakrishnan, Ravi; Dao, Mai; Sole, Juan; Zook, Jeremy - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The U.S. labor force participation rate (LFPR) fell dramatically following the Great Recession and has yet to start recovering. A key question is how much of the post-2007 decline is reversible, something which is central to the policy debate. The key finding of this paper is that while around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242381
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Uncertainty and Unemployment: The Effects of Aggregate and Sectoral Channels
Choi, Sangyup; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
We study the role of uncertainty shocks in explaining unemployment dynamics, separating out the role of aggregate and … measure aggregate and sectoral uncertainty and compare their effects on the unemployment rate in a standard macroeconomic … vector autoregressive (VAR) model. We find that aggregate uncertainty leads to an immediate increase in unemployment, with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242392
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Securitization: The Road Ahead
Basurto, Miguel A. Segoviano; Jones, Bradley; Lindner, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2015
The discussion in this note seeks to preserve the beneficial features of securitization while mitigating those that may pose risks to financial stability. A comprehensive set of reforms—targeting both supply- and demand-side inefficiencies—will be needed to put securitization back...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163129
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Tracking Global Demand for Emerging Market Sovereign Debt
Arslanalp, Serkan; Tsuda, Takahiro - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper proposes an approach to track US$1 trillion of emerging market government debt held by<br>foreign investors in local and hard currency, based on a similar approach that was used for advanced<br>economies (Arslanalp and Tsuda, 2012). The estimates are constructed on a quarterly basis from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142032
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Securitization: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead
Basurto, Miguel A. Segoviano; Jones, Bradley; Lindner, Peter - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
This paper examines the financial stability implications arising from securitization markets, with one eye on the past and another on the future. The paper begins by deriving a number of “lessons learned†based on an examination of key industry developments in the years before the...
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Are Firms Paying More For Performance?
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Stokes, Lucy - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
Finance industry: a sector which accounts for a large proportion of all bonus payments in the British economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010779585
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In brief: The future of finance
Boone, Peter; Goodhart, C; Haldane, Andrew; Johnson, Simon - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010
A new CEP report says that the financial system has become far more complicated than it need to be - and dangerously unstable too
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416240
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Morocco; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Morocco
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
significantly reduce poverty and unemployment. Growth averaged 3 percent over the last decade. It has been volatile because of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824903
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Finland; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Finland
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Finland’s economic performance in recent years continued to be favorable. Growth has outpaced that in the euro area and is expected to pick up to more than 3 percent in 2006. The external current account has remained comfortably in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824947
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Republic of Tajikistan; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Second Progress Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Second Progress Report on Tajikistan’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) discusses key developments in the status and dynamics of poverty-related indicators in the country during 2004. Although economic growth has generated significant reductions in poverty rates in the past...
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