Costa Rica: Selected Issues and Analytical Notes

May 23, 2016

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Costa Rica: Selected Issues and Analytical Notes, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2016) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

This paper looks at the following important issues pertaining to the economy of Costa Rica: micro-financial linkages, financial sector vulnerabilities, monetary policy stance, financial deepening in Costa Rica, financial inclusion in Costa Rica, recent fiscal developments and medium-term sustainability, and female labor force participation in Costa Rica. This paper discusses linkages between the Costa Rican real economy and financial sector. Although increasingly diversified, the Costa Rican financial system is centered on banking intermediation. The banking system is highly segmented and heavily dollarized. To assess the adequacy of the current monetary policy stance, this paper estimates the neutral monetary policy interest rate.

Subject: Credit, Financial inclusion, Financial markets, Financial sector development, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Gender, Money, Women

Keywords: Caribbean, Central America, CR, Credit, Debtor position vis-à-vis bank, Europe, Financial inclusion, Financial sector development, Fiscal consolidation, Global, ISCR, LFP rate, Macroeconomic fundamentals, Market development, Monetary policy rate, Net FX debt position, Women

Publication Details

Pages:

92
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2016/132
Stock No:

1CRIEA2016002
ISBN:

9781484362693
ISSN:

1934-7685

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