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inflation. The authorities need to take steps to encourage foreign direct investment, to make good on their plans for …
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This Selected Issues paper examines the main factors explaining Ukraine’s growth performance so far, assesses whether the recent recovery is sustainable, and provides a quantitative analysis of long-term growth prospects. It finds that the recent recovery is not yet self-sustaining and...
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This Selected Issues paper takes a close look at the proximate determinants and short-term dynamics of inflation in … Switzerland. It identifies salient features of the inflation experience in Switzerland. The paper uses a wage-price model to gauge … the sensitivity of inflation to the business cycle and the exchange rate. The findings suggest that underlying inflation …
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This 2003 Article IV Consultation highlights that the macroeconomic developments in the Russian Federation remained generally strong, with a third consecutive year of considerable GDP growth, fiscal surplus, and large current account surplus. The economy continues to benefit from the earlier...
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that Israel’s economic recovery is under way after a prolonged recession. Growth is being supported by more favorable global economic conditions, an improvement in the security situation, and appropriate policies, which have included tightening...
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This paper focuses on key findings of the Detailed Assessment of Observance of the IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies on Chile. The assessment reveals a high degree of compliance with the Transparency Code, including in the objectives and...
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This Selected Issues paper for Iceland reports that it faces a considerably less favorable inflation-output variability … of inflation breaching the tolerance band and help to lower the probability of such events occurring. To effectively … target inflation, central banks need to be forward looking, responding early to prospective demand pressures. Having housing …
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that the downturn experienced by the Swedish economy in 2002–03 was relatively mild, with growth remaining well above the European Union average. Expansionary fiscal policy in 2002 underpinned private consumption. Private investment, however,...
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economic outlook is clouded by a widening current account imbalance and the risk of a resurgence of inflation pressures, as a …
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Israel was mildly affected by the global recession: following a slowdown in 2009, output is projected to grow by some 4 percent in 2010, led by consumption and exports. Robust fundamentals—including sustained pre-crisis fiscal consolidation—and a swift monetary and fiscal policy...
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