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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
derogation from adopting the euro as their currency (that is, each country joining the EU commits to replace its national … currency with the euro, but can choose when to request permission to do so). For most of these countries, adopting the euro … convergence with the rest of the euro area. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767345
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Foreign Exchange Intervention; A Shield Against Appreciation Winds?
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
This paper examines foreign exchange intervention practices and their effectiveness using a new qualitative and quantitative database for a panel of 15 economies covering 2004 - 10, with special focus on Latin America. Qualitatively, it examines institutional aspects such as declared motives,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203527
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Seychelles; 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Stand-By Arrangement: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Seychelles
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper presents Seychelles’ 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Stand-By Arrangement. Large macroeconomic imbalances and vulnerabilities resulting from longstanding unsustainable macroeconomic policies, combined with recent external shocks, culminated in mid-2008 with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243790
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Australia; 2012 Article IV Consultation—Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Australia
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
the euro crisis and a sharper-than-expected slowdown in China. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244092
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Uruguay; Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement—Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Uruguay
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper presents an Ex Post Assessment of Longer-Term Program Engagement for Uruguay. Uruguay has had a series of Stand-By Arrangements that were treated mostly as precautionary between March 1996 and early 2002. These were viewed as a helpful seal of approval, and a vehicle for intensive IMF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591414
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Eastern Caribbean Currency Union; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper assesses the evolution of Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) real exchange rates over time, and examines whether the region has lost competitiveness. The main finding is that there is little evidence of overvaluation of the Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollar. The relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243552
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Chile; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This Selected Issues paper for Chile describes the postcrisis recovery experience. The recovery from the 2008–2009 global crisis has been markedly different both among advanced and emerging economies. The steady improvement in the labor wedge-distortions related to the consumption leisure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243850
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Turkey; Financial System Stability Assessment
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
This Financial System Stability Assessment on Turkey discusses macroeconomic development and trend in the financial system. The financial system does not appear to face major immediate threats, but vulnerabilities remain. Turkey remains dependent on capital inflows and thus on international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244120
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Ukraine; Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2008 Stand-By Arrangement
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Ukraine was one of the countries hardest hit by the global economic and financial crisis; it was also one of the first countries supported by a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2008 SBA reveals that the achievement of program objectives was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245569
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Spillovers Through Banking Centers; A Panel Data Analysis
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2000
To test the role of bank lending in transmitting currency crisis we examine a panel of BIS data on bank flows to 30 emerging markets disaggregated by 11 banking centers. We find that bank exposures to a crisis country help predict bank flows in third countries after the Mexican and Asian crisis,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599548