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The Role of Monthly Economic Statistical Bulletins »
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Source: The Role of Monthly Economic Statistical Bulletins
Volume/Issue: 2002/9
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Claudia Dziobek , and Mei Jin
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 July 2002
ISBN: 9781451970562
Keywords: Central banks and their policies, Technical Assistance, Economic information, statistical capacity building, central banks, central bank, balance of payments, industrial countries, government debt, Relation of Economics to Social Values
Monthly economic statistical bulletins issued by central banks and national statistical offices, the focus of this study, are well established in countries with advanced statistical systems. Such bulletins present...
The Dynamics of Product Quality and International Competitiveness »
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Source: The Dynamics of Product Quality and International Competitiveness
Volume/Issue: 2007/97
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ashoka Mody , Deniz Igan , and Stefania Fabrizio
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2007
ISBN: 9781451866612
Keywords: International competitiveness, Product quality, reer, trading partners, export growth, world exports, export performance, Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies, Country and Industry Studies of Trade, Technological Change: Other,
Despite the appreciation of the exchange rate, the eight Central and Eastern European countries (the CEE-8) that entered the European Union in May 2004 have achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding...
Business Cycles in Emerging Markets »
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Source: Business Cycles in Emerging Markets : The Role of Durable Goods and Financial Frictions
Volume/Issue: 2011/133
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 2011
ISBN: 9781455259380
Keywords: real business cycles, durables, financial frictions, business cycles, total consumption, interest rates, business cycle, elasticity of substitution, Open Economy Macroeconomics, Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance: Forecasting and Simulation,
This paper examines how durable goods and financial frictions shape the business cycle of a small open economy subject to shocks to trend and transitory shocks. In the data, nondurable consumption is not as volatil...