IMF Staff Country Reports

Cyprus: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation

August 25, 2000

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Cyprus: Staff Report for the 2000 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

Cyprus’s economic performance in the past quarter century has been impressive but volatile, as the economy has come to rely on tourism as the main engine of growth. Financial market restrictions, including the interest rate ceiling, limit the ability of the Central Bank of Cyprus to manage liquidity. Capital and financial market liberalization are planned to be implemented by the time of EU accession. Executive Directors commended the authorities for their efforts to improve the oversight of the offshore financial sector.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital account liberalization, Financial markets, Government debt management, Inflation, Prices, Public debt, Public financial management (PFM), Stock markets

Keywords: Aggregate credit target, Capital account liberalization, Ceiling, CR, Deficit, Equity holding, Europe, Financial market liberalization, Government, Government debt management, Government organization, Inflation, ISCR, Staff appraisal, Stock markets

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    41

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2000/110

  • Stock No:

    1CYPEA0012000

  • ISBN:

    9781451809800

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 67 and a statement by J. de Beaufort Wijnholds on August 3, 2000