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A Growth-Friendly Path for Building Fiscal Buffers in the Caucuses and Central Asia »
Source: A Growth-Friendly Path for Building Fiscal Buffers in the Caucuses and Central Asia
Volume/Issue: 2018/6
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Edward Gemayel , Lorraine Ocampos , Matteo Ghilardi , and James Aylward
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 April 2018
ISBN: 9781484337165
Keywords: Growth acceleration, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen, Republic of, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan
Since 2014, large and persistent external shocks have hit the CCA region, particularly a slump in global commodity prices and slower growth in its key economic partners. Fiscal accommodation, along with currency ad...

IMF Financial Data »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 09
Volume/Issue: 35/9
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2006
ISBN: 9781451968132
Keywords: international monetary fund, debt, budget, Labor market, Budget Policy and Planning, Cost-benefit Analysis, Debtor and Creditor, Economic Development. Finance, Economic History, Financial Liberalization
Funding the IMF; Middle East and Central Asia economic outlook; Is globalization a choice?; Latin American reform; Trade conference; Aid effectiveness; Long-term interest rates in G7 countries; Wage flexibility; Jo...

IMF Financial Data »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 11
Volume/Issue: 35/11
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 June 2006
ISBN: 9781451968279
Keywords: international monetary fund, capital market, international trade, Sao Tome and Principe, Bank Loans, Collective Action, Conditionality (finance), Credit Market, European Economic And Monetary Union (emu), International Capital Market
Multilateral consultation; Euro Area; Caruana to head new Department; Marshall Islands; Malaysia; Inflation targeting; Offshoring U.S. services; Public sector credit; Singapore; Pakistan's inflation; Kyrgyz Republi...

Recent publications »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 30, Issue 09
Volume/Issue: 30/9
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2001
ISBN: 9781451932478
Keywords: monetary policy, financial markets, member countries, international monetary fund, financial system
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...

Bank activity: Clausen assumes presidency of Bank; China to develop science and engineering education system with Bank and IDA assistance; Colombia receives help for power and irrigation sectors. Bank loans and IDA credits »
Source: Finance & Development, September 1981
Volume/Issue: 18/3
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 1981
ISBN: 9781616353469
Keywords: development banking, banking, drainage, irrigation
This paper discusses the appointment of A. W. Clausen as the new World Bank president. Mr. Clausen, 57, joined the Bank of America in 1949 as a trainee just out of the University of Minnesota law school and rose to...

Stand-By, EFF, and ESAF Arrangements as of January 31 »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 28, Issue 04
Volume/Issue: 28/4
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1999
ISBN: 9781451935660
Keywords: transition economies, structural reforms, transition countries, corruption, market economy, Conference on Transition,
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...

Middle East and Central Asia Regional Economic Outlook: Rising Oil Prices Fuel Liquidity, Stoke Reserves »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 35, Issue 09
Volume/Issue: 35/9
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 May 2006
ISBN: 9781451968132
Keywords: international monetary fund, debt, budget, Labor market, Budget Policy and Planning, Cost-benefit Analysis, Debtor and Creditor, Economic Development. Finance, Economic History, Financial Liberalization
Funding the IMF; Middle East and Central Asia economic outlook; Is globalization a choice?; Latin American reform; Trade conference; Aid effectiveness; Long-term interest rates in G7 countries; Wage flexibility; Jo...

Bank Group Activity »
Source: Finance & Development, June 1974
Volume/Issue: 11/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1974
ISBN: 9781616353179
Keywords: multinational corporations, world markets, industrial development, foreign investment, foreign corporations
This paper describes the technical improvement in developing countries. It highlights that developing countries have relied heavily for their industrial development upon foreign enterprises as sources of technology...

Network Effects of International Shocks and Spillovers »
Source: Network Effects of International Shocks and Spillovers
Volume/Issue: 2015/149
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Alexei Kireyev , and Andrei Leonidov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 July 2015
ISBN: 9781513542928
Keywords: shocks, spillover, network, balance of payments, imports, import, trading partners, Neural Networks and Related Topics, Country and Industry Studies of Trade, Open Economy Macroeconomics
This paper proposes a method for assessing international spillovers from nominal demand shocks. It quantifies the impact of a shock in one country on all other countries. The paper concludes that the network effect...

Inflation Targeting and the Crisis »
Source: Inflation Targeting and the Crisis : An Empirical Assessment
Volume/Issue: 2010/45
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Irineu de Carvalho Filho
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2010
ISBN: 9781451963045
Keywords: economic crisis, inflation, terms of trade, real interest rates, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, Business Fluctuations, And Cycles, money And Interest Rates,
This paper appraises how countries with inflation targeting fared during the current crisis, with the goal of establishing the stylized facts that will guide and motivate future research. We find that since August...