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Paraguay: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
OVERALL ASSESSMENT This Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC)—Data Module provides an update of the assessment conducted in February 2006, which was based on the July 2003 version of the IMF’s Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF). This ROSC Data Module is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243307
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Nepal; Statistical Appendix
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2003
This Statistical Appendix paper for the periods between 1996/97 and 2001/02 for Nepal discusses both nominal and real gross domestic product by sector; savings and investments; agricultural production and yields; Manufacturing Production Indices; energy consumption; tourism indicators; Consumer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591212
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Exchange Rates and Trade Balance Adjustment in Emerging Market Economies
International Monetary Fund - 2006
The paper finds that simple econometric specifications yield surprising rich and complex dynamics -- relative prices respond to the nominal exchange rate and pass-through effects, import and export volumes respond to relative price changes, and the trade balance responds to changes in import and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014409791
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The Balance of Trade, the Terms of Trade, and the Real Exchange Rate : An Intertemporal Optimizing Framework
International Monetary Fund - 1988
This paper uses an intertemporal optimizing model of a small open economy to analyze how terms of trade changes affect real exchange rates and the trade balance. We consider temporary current, anticipated future, and permanent changes in the terms of trade. The results suggest that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014396150
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Malta; 2005 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Malta
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that Malta’s economic growth languished in 2004 for a fourth consecutive year. Slow growth reflected the weakness of, and increasing competition in, Malta’s export markets, as well as domestic factors. The slowdown had begun with shocks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591517
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Adopting the Euro in Central Europe; Challenges of the Next Step in European Integration
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
Upon entry into the European Union, countries become members of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), with a … 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767345
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Euro Area Policies; Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director on Euro Area Policies
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This paper focuses on euro area policies. The monetary policy stance remains appropriate for now. Fiscal policies are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599011
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Slovak Republic; 2004 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Slovak Republic
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that Slovakia’s economic performance has improved since the 2003 Article IV Consultation. Output has expanded strongly, and fiscal and external balances have narrowed substantially in recent years. These developments were assisted by large...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825144
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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012
This Selected Issues Paper assesses Macedonia’s public debt markets and presents recommendations for their further development. Macedonia’s domestic debt market is in the early stages of development and is small by regional standards. The paper also analyzes the main causes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244063
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The SDR Interest Rate Basket : Proposed Change of the Representative Interest Rate for the Euro and Amendment to Rule T-1(C)
International Monetary Fund - 2014
The three-month Eurepo interest rate, the euro component of the SDR interest rate basket, will be discontinued as of … representative interest rate instrument of the euro area in the SDR interest rate basket since 2006. However, faced with a … secondary market yield curve covering euro area government bonds rated either investment grade or AA and above. In staff's view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014410559