Several years of high inflation rates have negatively affected economic conditions in Angola. Macroeconomic …

inflation. The authorities need to take steps to encourage foreign direct investment, to make good on their plans for …

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 …

impact of monetary and exchange rate policies on inflation, including the nature of the lags involved. It reviews …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes inflation in Norway with a view to shedding light on this surprising development … and the possible near-term course of inflation, using statistical and econometric analyses. The paper reviews recent … developments of monetary policy and inflation in Norway, applies statistical and econometric tools to identify factors influencing …

3 percent. Recent indicators suggest that activity has continued to strengthen in 2004. During 2003, inflation … inflation. IMF staff projects that the economic recovery will gain momentum with GNP growth of 4½ percent in 2004, accelerating … slightly to 5 percent in 2005. Core inflation is forecast to stay close to 2 percent. …

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 …