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Are Business Cycles Different in Asia and Latin America? »
Source: Are Business Cycles Different in Asia and Latin America?
Volume/Issue: 1997/9
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alexander Hoffmaister , and Jorge Roldos
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1997
ISBN: 9781451927313
Keywords: exchange rate, real exchange rate, terms of trade, exchange rate fluctuations, nominal exchange rate
This paper compares business cycles in Asia and in Latin America using structural vector autoregression analysis with panel data. The evidence for countries in these regions suggests that (i) the main source of out...
Asia: A Bright Outlook, with Some Clouds on the Horizon »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 05
Volume/Issue: 35/5
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 March 2006
ISBN: 9781451967890
Keywords: debt relief, debt relief initiative, monetary community, low-income countries
IMF pandemic preparations; enlarged EU: labor, capital; Asia outlook bright; India: reforms and growth; Italy: gloomy outlook; IMF sanctions on Zimbabwe; Friedman: morals, growth; central bank communications; effec...
Asian crisis and tax policy: Tax reforms could foster recovery by facilitating corporate restructuring »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 28, Issue 06
Volume/Issue: 28/6
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451934199
Keywords: central bank, public debt, interest rates, balance of payments, debt
In a statement issued on March 8, IMF Managing Director Michel Camdessus announced his intention to recommend to the IMF Executive Board that it approve the revised economic program for 1999-2001 proposed by the Br...
Asian Financial Integration »
Source: Asian Financial Integration : Trends and Interruptions
Volume/Issue: 2011/4
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Eduardo Borensztein , and Prakash Loungani
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2011
ISBN: 9781455211821
Keywords: equity premium, gravity model, home bias, risk-sharing, herding, investors, bond, foreign investors, bonds, international investors
The paper compares trends in financial integration within Asia with those in industrialized countries and other regional groups. Declines in cross-country dispersion in equity returns and interest rates suggest inc...
Back To Basics: Remittances: A Lifeline for Development »
Source: Finance & Development, December 2005
Volume/Issue: 42/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2005
ISBN: 9781451954050
Keywords: remittances, photography, facsimile, development impact of remittances, impact of remittances
This paper reviews the resurgence of Latin America. The paper highlights that much of the region has witnessed a swift and robust recovery from the successive financial crises of 2001-02. Within two years, the regi...
Bank Asset Quality in Emerging Markets »
Source: Bank Asset Quality in Emerging Markets : Determinants and Spillovers
Volume/Issue: 2012/71
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Reinout De Bock , and Alexander Demyanets
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2012
ISBN: 9781475502237
Keywords: Macro-financial linkages, Nonperforming loans, Exchange rate, Panel regressions, capital inflows, net capital flows, exchange rates, Bank Asset Quality in Emerging Markets, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, International Finance: General
This paper assesses the vulnerability of emerging markets and their banks to aggregate shocks. We find significant links between banks' asset quality, credit and macroeconomic aggregates. Lower economic growth, an...
The Bank Group Meeting »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1972
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1972
ISBN: 9781616353100
Keywords: pollution, population growth, population problem, demographers, world population
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...
Bicycles, Rickshaws, and Carts in Asian Cities »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1992
Volume/Issue: 29/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1992
ISBN: 9781451952094
Keywords: debt reduction, debt crisis, capital markets, international capital markets, international capital
For the latest thinking about the international financial system, monetary policy, economic development, poverty reduction, and other critical issues, subscribe to Finance & Development (F&D). This lively quarterly...
Block I. Global Imbalances, Exchange Rate Issues, and Debt »
Source: Dollars, Debt, and Deficits : Sixty Years After Bretton Woods
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
ISBN: 9781589064539
Keywords: Deficit financing, Budget deficits, exchange rate, public debt, foreign assets, current account, foreign liabilities
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Block II. International Financial Architecture »
Source: Dollars, Debt, and Deficits : Sixty Years After Bretton Woods
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
ISBN: 9781589064539
Keywords: Deficit financing, Budget deficits, exchange rate, public debt, foreign assets, current account, foreign liabilities
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