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Anna Ter-Martirosyan, Sally Chen, Lawrence Dwight, Mwanza Nkusu, Mehdi Raissi, and Ashleigh Watson. External Assessments in Special Cases, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 12, 2024

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Summary

External Assessments in Special Cases presents the pilot External Balances Assessment methodology developed by IMF staff for estimating current account and exchange rate gaps for a group of advanced and emerging market economies, and discusses modifications to take account of special cases. Different approaches to external assessments for countries with special circumstances are evaluated, and some tools presented that could be used to inform sound judgment on the part of those conducting such assessments.

Subject: Balance of payments, Commodities, Exchange rate assessments, Exchange rates, External balance assessment (EBA), External position, Foreign exchange, Income, National accounts, Remittances

Keywords: Assessment method, CA balance, Central Asia, CGER method, DP, DPPP, East Asia, EBA methodology, Exchange rate assessment, Exchange rate assessments, Exchange rate gap, Exchange rates, External balance assessment (EBA), Global, IMF country team, IMF risk analysis, IMF staff calculation, Income, Middle East, Misalignment estimate, Open economy, Pilot External Balances Assessment, Remittances, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    60

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Departmental Paper No. 2014/001

  • Stock No:

    EASCEA

  • ISBN:

    9781475554830

  • ISSN:

    2616-5333