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Bivariate Assessments of Real Exchange Rates Using PPP Data »
Source: Bivariate Assessments of Real Exchange Rates Using PPP Data
Volume/Issue: 2008/153
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Juan Zalduendo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2008
ISBN: 9781451870114
Keywords: Real exchange rate, exchange rate, real exchange rates
This paper focuses on assessments of real exchange rates using PPP data and examines their limitations when these are based exclusively on bivariate estimations. It begins by presenting an analytical framework of t...

4 Budgetary and Tax Reforms, Institutional Requirements, and Fiscal Policy »
Source: Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
Alan Tait In my talk today, I will review some of the most important aspects of the IMF’s stance on fiscal policy. The IMF typically adopts a strong national accounting framework as...

Can Higher Reserves Help Reduce Exchange Rate Volatility? »
Source: Can Higher Reserves Help Reduce Exchange Rate Volatility?
Volume/Issue: 2004/189
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): M. Nowak , Ketil Hviding , and Luca Ricci
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 October 2004
ISBN: 9781451859645
Keywords: Foreign exchange volatility, reserve adequacy, exchange rate, exchange rate volatility, effective exchange rate, exchange rate regime, real effective exchange rate, International Finance: General,
This paper studies the role of an increase in foreign exchange reserves in reducing currency volatility for emerging market countries. The study employs a panel of 28 countries over the period 1986-2002. Several co...

12 Case Studies of Argentina and The Gambia »
Source: Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
Martin Hardy Comparing Argentina in the 1980s with Argentina today, I am struck by a phenomenal change. For Argentina, the 1980s started off with the debt crisis and the war in the S...

10 Case Studies of China and Poland »
Source: Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
China Yusuke Horiguchi My remarks will concern economic reform efforts and macroeconomic stabilization in China. There are some remarkable differences...

Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993 »
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781557754301.071
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar he...

Back Matter »
Source: Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar he...

Front Matter »
Source: Coordinating Stabilization and Structural Reform : Proceedings of the Seminar Coordination of Structural Reform and Macroeconomic Stabilization, Washington, D.C., June 17-26, 1993
Series: Books
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 September 1994
ISBN: 9781557754301
Keywords: interest, exchange rate, inflation, prices, restructuring
This seminar volume, edited by Richard C. Barth, Alan R. Roe, and Chorng-Huey Wong, presents an overview of the links between structural and macroeconomic policies that were addressed in an IMF Institute seminar he...

3 Empirical Analysis of the Current Account1 »
Source: External Performance in Low-Income Countries
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Alessandro Prati , Luca Ricci , Lone Engbo Christiansen , Stephen Tokarick , and Thierry Tressel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 2011
ISBN: 9781616350536
Keywords: External sector, Low-income developing countries, Real effective exchange rates, exchange rate, current account, real exchange rate, foreign assets, net foreign assets
This chapter analyzes the medium-term relationship between the current account and a set of fundamentals. Following the existing literature, the estimations consist of ordinary least squares or fixed-effect...

5 Empirical Analysis of the Net Foreign Assets Position1 »
Source: External Performance in Low-Income Countries
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Alessandro Prati , Luca Ricci , Lone Engbo Christiansen , Stephen Tokarick , and Thierry Tressel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 March 2011
ISBN: 9781616350536
Keywords: External sector, Low-income developing countries, Real effective exchange rates, exchange rate, current account, real exchange rate, foreign assets, net foreign assets
This chapter empirically investigates the net foreign assets position of low-income countries. The estimation relies on an unbalanced panel of annual data covering 1980–2006. As with the real exchange rate,...