Paraguay: Selected Issues

August 2, 2011

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Paraguay: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2011) accessed April 5, 2025

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Summary

Paraguay’s economy recently experienced particularly large output swings. Economic policies will play a critical role in raising investment by making sure that macroeconomic stability is maintained. The spillovers from the agricultural sector to the rest of the economy are limited. The high level of bank excess reserves in Paraguay reflects a mixture of precautionary and involuntary factors. Large bank excess reserves weaken the monetary transmission channel, and cause inefficiency costs. Bank reforms should be undertaken to preserve financial and macroeconomic stability.

Subject: Agricultural sector, Bank deposits, Banking, Central bank policy rate, Economic sectors, Financial services, Monetary policy, Output gap, Production, Reserve requirements

Keywords: Agricultural sector, Bank deposits, Bank excess reserves, Central America, Central bank policy rate, CR, Excess reserves, GDP growth, Global, Growth performance, ISCR, Longrun output trend, Output gap, Output gap estimation, Reserve requirements

Publication Details

Pages:

39
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2011/239
Stock No:

1PRYEA2011003
ISBN:

9781462320387
ISSN:

1934-7685

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