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September 2008
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Title:
House Price Developments in Europe: A Comparison
Author/Editor: Hilbers, Paul Louis Ceriel ; Hoffmaister, Alexander W. ; Banerji, Angana ; Shi, Haiyan
Series: Working Paper No. 08/211
Date: September 1, 2008
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Title:
Central Bank Response to the 2007-08 Financial Market Turbulence: Experiences and Lessons Drawn
Author/Editor: Chailloux, Alexandre ; Gray, Simon ; Klueh, Ulrich H. ; Shimizu, Seiichi ; Stella, Peter
Series: Working Paper No. 08/210
Date: September 1, 2008
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Title:
Original Sin and Procylical Fiscal Policy: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Author/Editor: Adler, Gustavo
Series: Working Paper No. 08/209
Date: September 1, 2008
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Title:
Global Volatility and Forex Returns in East Asia
Author/Editor: Kalra, Sanja
Series: Working Paper No. 08/208
Date: September 1, 2008
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Title:
Investment Incentives and Effective Tax Rates in the Philippines:A Comparison With Neighboring Countries
Author/Editor: Botman, Dennis P. J. ; Klemm, Alexander ; Baqir, Reza
Series: Working Paper No. 08/207
Date: September 1, 2008
Subject(s): Philippines
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Title:
Stress Testing at the IMF
Author/Editor: Moretti, Marina ; Stolz, Stéphanie ; Swinburne, Mark
Series: Working Paper No. 08/206
Date: September 1, 2008
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August 2008
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Title:
Barbados: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 08/295
Date: August 28, 2008
Subject(s): Barbados
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Title:
Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook Subscription
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Date: August 27, 2008
Subject(s): Balance of Payments Statistics Publication | Balance of payments
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Title:
Government Finance Statistics Yearbook Subscription
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Date: August 27, 2008
Subject(s): Government Finance Statistics Yearbook | Government finance statistics
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Title:
Suriname: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 08/294
Date: August 26, 2008
Subject(s): Suriname
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Title:
Suriname: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion for Suriname; and Statement by the Executive Director for Suriname
Series: Country Report No. 08/293
Date: August 26, 2008
Subject(s): Suriname
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Title:
Burundi: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/292
Date: August 26, 2008
Subject(s): Burundi
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Title:
Jordan: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/291
Date: August 22, 2008
Subject(s): Current account balances | Current account deficits | Economic indicators | Exchange rate assessments | Exchange rate regimes | Fiscal sustainability | Real effective exchange rates | Selected issues | Jordan
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Title:
Jordan: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 08/290
Date: August 22, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Current account deficits | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Employment | Exchange rate policy | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Energy prices | Inflation | Monetary policy | Public information | Public sector | Staff Reports | Jordan
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Title:
Liberia: Joint Staff Advisory Note of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
Series: Country Report No. 08/289
Date: August 22, 2008
Subject(s): Corruption | Economic growth | Economic reforms | Education | Employment | Fiscal policy | Governance | Health care | Infrastructure | Millennium Development Goals | National security | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Liberia
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Title:
Albania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Joint Staff Advisory Note
Series: Country Report No. 08/270
Date: August 19, 2008
Subject(s): Economic growth | Economic integration | Energy prices | Energy sector | European Economic and Monetary Union | Floating exchange rates | Governance | Infrastructure | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Private investment | Public investment | Public sector | Social policy | Transparency | Albania
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Republic of Kazakhstan: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 08/288
Date: August 18, 2008
Subject(s): Banking sector | Commodity prices | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rate stability | Financial crisis | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Oil prices | Public information | Risk management | Staff Reports | Kazakhstan
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Title:
Benin: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 08/287
Date: August 18, 2008
Subject(s): Balance of payments | Competition | Current account deficits | Economic indicators | Economic models | Financial stability | Monetary unions | Purchasing power parity | Real effective exchange rates | Selected issues | Benin
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Title:
Mali: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/286
Date: August 15, 2008
Subject(s): Agricultural price supports | Cotton | Economic reforms | Economic growth | Gold | Mining sector | Private sector | Selected issues | Mali
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Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/285
Date: August 14, 2008
Subject(s): Demand for money | Economic forecasting | Economic reforms | Inflation | Oil sector | Public finance | Stabilization funds | Subsidies | Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Title:
Islamic Republic of Iran: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Islamic Republic of Iran
Series: Country Report No. 08/284
Date: August 14, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Credit policy | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Gross domestic product | Hydrocarbons | Inflation | Oil prices | Public information | Real effective exchange rates | Staff Reports | Unemployment | Iran, Islamic Republic of
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Title:
Mali: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; Staff Supplements; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Mali
Series: Country Report No. 08/283
Date: August 14, 2008
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultations | Competition | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic growth | External shocks | Financial sector | Fiscal management | Letters of Intent | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Private sector | Public information | Staff Reports | Mali
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Title:
Mauritius: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes-Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessment Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF)
Series: Country Report No. 08/277
Date: August 14, 2008
Subject(s): Data quality assessment framework | Government finance statistics | National accounts | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Special Data Dissemination Standard | Mauritius
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Title:
Burundi: 2008 Article IV Consultation and Request for Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility - Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Burundi
Series: Country Report No. 08/282
Date: August 13, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Announcements | Debt sustainability | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Exchange rate policy | Financial risk | Financial sector | Financial stability | Fiscal policy | Governance | Heavily indebted poor countries | Monetary policy | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Public information | Burundi
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Title:
Singapore: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/281
Date: August 13, 2008
Subject(s): Banking systems | Exchange rate policy | Financial stability | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Monetary policy | Selected issues | Spillovers | Singapore
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Singapore: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Singapore
Series: Country Report No. 08/280
Date: August 13, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Balance of payments | Economic growth | Exchange rate assessments | Financial sector | Financial systems | Fiscal policy | Inflation | International capital markets | Monetary policy | Public information | Spillovers | Staff Reports | Singapore
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Title:
Cameroon: Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Financing Assurances Review, and Requests for Waiver of Performance Criterion, Modification of Performance Criteria and Extension of Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Supplement and Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Cameroon
Series: Country Report No. 08/279
Date: August 12, 2008
Subject(s): Announcements | Cost of living | Debt sustainability analysis | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Energy prices | Fiscal sustainability | Inflation | Nonoil sector | Performance criteria modifications | Performance criteria waivers | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Private sector | Staff Reports | Cameroon
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Sweden: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Sweden
Series: Country Report No. 08/278
Date: August 11, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Public information | Staff Reports | Bank supervision | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Exchange rates | Fiscal policy | Financial sector | Monetary policy | Sweden
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Malta: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Malta
Series: Country Report No. 08/276
Date: August 8, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Competition | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Economic reforms | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Public information | Staff Reports | Malta
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Title:
Guinea: First Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria, Modification of Performance Criteria, Augmentation of Access, and Financing Assurances Review - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Guinea
Series: Country Report No. 08/275
Date: August 8, 2008
Subject(s): Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Performance criteria modifications | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports | Announcements | Economic conditions | Economic reforms | Economic stabilization | Economic indicators | Exchange rate policy | Fiscal policy | Monetary policy | Guinea
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Title:
Republic of Moldova: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update
Series: Country Report No. 08/274
Date: August 7, 2008
Subject(s): Financial system stability assessment | Financial sector | Bank supervision | Basel Core Principles | Domestic liquidity | Economic indicators | Inflation | Monetary policy | Moldova
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Republic of Azerbaijan: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - Data Module, Response by the Authorities, and Detailed Assessment Using the Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF)
Series: Country Report No. 08/273
Date: August 7, 2008
Subject(s): Consumer price indexes | Data quality assessment framework | Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes | Special Data Dissemination Standard | Azerbaijan
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Turkey: Seventh Review and Inflation Consultation Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Nonobservance of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Turkey.
Series: Country Report No. 08/272
Date: August 7, 2008
Subject(s): Stand-by arrangement reviews | Announcements | Economic conditions | Economic indicators | Consultation missions | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Fiscal reforms | Exchange rate policy | Monetary policy | Inflation | National accounts | Periodic Monitoring Reports | Performance criteria waivers | Staff Reports | Turkey
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United Kingdom: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Supplement; Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for the United Kingdom
Series: Country Report No. 08/271
Date: August 5, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultation reports | Economic conditions | Economic growth | Economic indicators | Current account deficits | Deposit insurance | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Inflation targeting | Monetary policy | Public information | Public debt | Social indicators | Staff Reports | United Kingdom
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Title:
Albania: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-National Strategy for Development and Integration
Series: Country Report No. 08/269
Date: August 4, 2008
Subject(s): Budgetary policy | Development | Economic integration | Economic policy | European Economic and Monetary Union | Governance | Infrastructure | Millennium Development Goals | Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers | Public investment | Social policy | Albania
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Title:
Paraguay: Sixth and Final Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement - Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Paraguay
Series: Country Report No. 08/268
Date: August 4, 2008
Subject(s): Announcements | External shocks | Financial sector | Foreign exchange | Gross domestic product | Inflation | Performance criteria | Poverty reduction | Public debt | Reserves | Staff Reports | Stand-by arrangements | Paraguay
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Albania: 2008 Article IV Consultation, Fifth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Review Under Extended Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria - Staff Report; Public Information Notice and Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania
Series: Country Report No. 08/267
Date: August 4, 2008
Subject(s): Announcements | Article IV consultations | Economic indicators | Electric power | Extended arrangements | Floating exchange rates | Inflation | Performance criteria modifications | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility | Productivity | Public information | Staff Reports | Transition economies | Albania
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Title:
Euro Area Policies: Selected Issues
Series: Country Report No. 08/263
Date: August 4, 2008
Subject(s): Bank credit | Central banks | Economic integration | Economic policy | European Economic and Monetary Union | Financial sector | Financial stability | Inflation | International capital markets | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Price stabilization
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Euro Area Policies: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Member Countries
Series: Country Report No. 08/262
Date: August 4, 2008
Subject(s): Article IV consultations | Economic indicators | European Economic and Monetary Union | External shocks | Financial sector | Fiscal policy | Inflation | Liquidity management | Monetary policy | Monetary unions | Public information | Staff Reports | Trade policy | Wages
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Title:
Impact of Macroeconomic, Political, and Institutional Factors on the Structure of Government Debt in Emerging Market Countries
Author/Editor: Guscina, Anastasia
Series: Working Paper No. 08/205
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Emerging markets | Domestic debt | Financial crisis | Political economy | Financial institutions | Financial stability | Interest rates | Inflation | Working Paper
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Title:
Foreign Aid and Real Exchange Rate Adjustments in a Financially Constrained Dependent Economy
Author/Editor: Cerra, Valerie ; Tekin, Serpil ; Turnovsky, Stephen J.
Series: Working Paper No. 08/204
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Working Paper | Aid flows | Real effective exchange rates | Imports | Fiscal policy | External debt | Capital accumulation | Trade | Economic models
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Title:
Zero Corporate Income Tax in Moldova: Tax Competition and Its Implications for Eastern Europe
Author/Editor: Piatkowski, Marcin ; Jarmuzek, Mariusz
Series: Working Paper No. 08/203
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Moldova | Corporate taxes | Tax policy | Competition | Economic integration | Public investment | Tax revenues | Foreign direct investment | Social policy | Working Paper
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Title:
What Drives Household Borrowing and Credit Constraints? Evidence from Bosnia & Herzegovina
Author/Editor: Chen Chen, Ke ; Chivakul, Mali
Series: Working Paper No. 08/202
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Bosnia and Herzegovina | Credit expansion | Credit restraint | Public debt | Education | Unemployment | Economic conditions | Interest rates | Inflation | Credit policy | Economic models | Working Paper
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Title:
Macroeconomic Effects of Pension Reform in Russia
Author/Editor: Hauner, David
Series: Working Paper No. 08/201
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Russian Federation | Pensions | Economic reforms | Private savings | Tax policy | Public investment | Consumption taxes | Aging | Population | Value added tax | Working Paper
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Title:
Transmission of Liquidity Shocks: Evidence from the 2007 Subprime Crisis
Author/Editor: Frank, Nathaniel ; González-Hermosillo, Brenda ; Hesse, Heiko
Series: Working Paper No. 08/200
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Liquidity management | External shocks | Financial crisis | Spillovers | Credit | Banks | Financial institutions | Economic models | Working Paper
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Title:
Efficiency Costs of Myanmar’s Multiple Exchange Rate Regime
Author/Editor: Hori, Masahiro ; Ching Wong, Yu
Series: Working Paper No. 08/199
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Exchange rate regimes | Myanmar | Multiple exchange rates | Exchange markets | Economic models | Trade models | National accounts | Gross domestic product | Exports | Imports | Working Paper
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Title:
Equilibrium Non-Oil Current Account Assessments for Oil Producing Countries
Author/Editor: Thomas, Alun H. ; Kim, Jun Il ; Aslam, Aqib
Series: Working Paper No. 08/198
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Nonoil sector | Oil producing countries | Current account balances | Oil prices | Exchange rate assessments | Economic models | Working Paper
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Title:
The Myth of Post-Reform Income Stagnation: Evidence from Brazil and Mexico
Author/Editor: Carvalho Filho, Irineu E. ; Chamon, Marcos
Series: Working Paper No. 08/197
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Brazil | Mexico | Data analysis | Economic reforms | Income | Private consumption | Consumer prices | Deflation | Economic models | Economic policy | Working Paper
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Title:
The Impact of Oil-Related Income on the Equilibrium Real Exchange Rate in Syria
Author/Editor: Hasan, Maher ; Dridi, Jemma
Series: Working Paper No. 08/196
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Syrian Arab Republic | Real effective exchange rates | Oil production | Oil revenues | Productivity | Government expenditures | Imports | Current account balances | External shocks | Exchange systems | Working Paper
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Title:
Pension Privatization and Country Risk
Author/Editor: Cuevas, Alfredo ; Gonzalez, Maria ; Lombardo, Davide ; López-Marmolejo, Arnoldo
Series: Working Paper No. 08/195
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Pensions | Privatization | Credit risk | Public debt | Economic models | Social security
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Title:
The option-iPoD. The Probability of Default Implied by Option Prices based on Entropy
Author/Editor: Capuano, Christian
Series: Working Paper No. 08/194
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Credit | Bond markets | Risk management | Financial risk | Financial institutions
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Title:
Understanding the Inflationary Process in the GCC Region: The Case of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Author/Editor: Hasan, Maher ; Alogeel, Hesham
Series: Working Paper No. 08/193
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Inflation | Saudi Arabia | Kuwait | Money supply | Exchange rate stability | Bilateral trade | Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
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Title:
Are Emerging Asia’s Reserves Really Too High?
Author/Editor: Ruiz-Arranz, Marta ; Zavadjil, Milan
Series: Working Paper No. 08/192
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Asia and Pacific | Reserves | Liquidity | Capital inflows | Production | Consumption | External debt | Emerging markets
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Title:
Monetary Transmission in an Emerging Targeter: The Case of Brazil
Author/Editor: Catão, Luis ; Laxton, Douglas ; Pagan, A. R.
Series: Working Paper No. 08/191
Date: August 1, 2008
Subject(s): Brazil | Monetary policy | Inflation targeting | Emerging markets | Bank credit |
