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Islamic Finance Gears Up: While gaining ground, the industry faces unique regulatory challenges »
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...

Global Rebalancing with Gravity: Measuring the Burden of Adjustment »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

Coincident Indicators of Capital Flows1 »
Source: Coincident Indicators of Capital Flows
Volume/Issue: 2012/55
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Malika Pant , and Yanliang Miao
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2012
ISBN: 9781463937737
Keywords: Coincident Indicators, Capital Tracker, net capital flows, net capital, capital inflows, International Finance Forecasting and Simulation,
Capital flows data from Balance of Payments statistics often lag 3-6 months, which renders timely surveillance and policy deliberation difficult. To address the tension, we propose two coincident composite indicato...

Country focus: China’s reforms hold key to continued dynamism »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 34, Issue 18
Volume/Issue: 34/18
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 October 2005
ISBN: 9781451938890
Keywords: central bank, international monetary fund, public sector, central bank governors
The Web edition of the IMF Survey is updated several times a week, and contains a wealth of articles about topical policy and economic issues in the news. Access the latest IMF research, read interviews, and listen...

Fear of Declaring: Do Markets Care What Countries Say About Their Exchange Rate Policies? »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

Estimation of De Facto Exchange Rate Regimes: Synthesis of the Techniques for Inferring Flexibility and Basket Weights »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

The Impact of Intersectoral Labor Reallocationon Economic Growth »
Source: The Impact of Intersectoral Labor Reallocationon Economic Growth
Volume/Issue: 2000/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Helene Poirson Ward
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2000
ISBN: 9781451852752
Keywords: Growth, labor reallocation, labor efficiency, labor productivity, labor force, labor share
This study seeks to explain economic growth differences in an aggregate production function framework, where labor reallocation from agriculture to modern sectors influences labor efficiency growth. The econometric...

Exchange Rate Policy Attitudes: Direct Evidence from Survey Data »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

A Micro-Empirical Foundation for the Political Economy of Exchange Rate Populism »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...

Mundell-Fleming Lecture: Exchange Rate Systems, Surveillance, and Advice »
Source: IMF Staff Papers, Volume 55, No. 3
Volume: 55
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 05 August 2008
ISBN: 9781589067240
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate regimes, monetary fund, foreign exchange, inflation
This special issue on exchange rates is drawn from the Eighth Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference held at the International Monetary Fund in Washington in November 2007. The Mundell-Fleming Lecture by Stanley...