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2011 Spillover Report—Selected Issues »
Source: Euro Area Policies : Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2011/185
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2011
ISBN: 9781462339549
Keywords: spillovers, bond, financial markets, financial market, financial sector, Euro Area Policies:,
The euro area (EA) plays a major role in the global economy. Market perceptions of events in the EA program countries illustrate the possibility of large spillovers from the area in times of stress. The prospect of...
Euro Area Policies »
Source: Euro Area Policies : Spillover Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation and Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2011/185
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 July 2011
ISBN: 9781462339549
Keywords: spillovers, bond, financial markets, financial market, financial sector, Euro Area Policies:,
The euro area (EA) plays a major role in the global economy. Market perceptions of events in the EA program countries illustrate the possibility of large spillovers from the area in times of stress. The prospect of...
Straight Talk: Age of Austerity: Advanced economies face a harsh environment as they chart a course to balanced budgets and lower debt »
Source: Finance & Development, June 2012
Volume/Issue: 49/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 31 May 2012
ISBN: 9781451922202
Keywords: monetary fund, recession, financial crisis, global recession
Five years after the first stirrings of the crisis, some countries have recovered, but others are still struggling. F&D looks at the world today and sees a complex and mixed picture for the future of the world econ...
What Explains Private Saving in Mexico?1 »
Source: What Explains Private Saving in Mexico?
Volume/Issue: 2006/191
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Andrew Swiston , and Ales Bulir
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2006
ISBN: 9781451864519
Keywords: private saving, Ricardian equivalence, dependency ratio, pension, domestic saving,
This paper examines the factors influencing Mexico's private saving rate. Cross-country analysis finds that Mexico's private saving is somewhat higher than could be explained by its fundamentals, but lower than in...
Albania »
Source: Albania : Fourth Review Under the Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, Review Under the Extended Arrangement, and Financing Assurances Review: Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Albania
Volume/Issue: 2008/128
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 April 2008
ISBN: 9781451800913
Keywords: debt, budget, interest, external debt, domestic credit
The main challenges for this review were to further redress long-running problems in the energy sector and to balance fiscal policy requirements for development spending with macroeconomic stability. The financial...
Republic of Serbia: 2013 Article IV Consultation »
Source: Republic of Serbia : Selected Issues Paper
Volume/Issue: 2013/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. European Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 July 2013
ISBN: 9781484301302
Keywords: public enterprises, business environment, public enterprise sector, public enterprise, privatization agency
This Selected Issues paper on Serbia's Article IV Consultation reviews the precrisis growth paradigm and its legacy vulnerabilities. The underlying growth model proved vulnerable to shocks, being associated with a...
Austria: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Austria : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2000/149
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
ISBN: 9781451802023
Keywords: banking, banking sector, savings bank, joint stock, banking system
The paper describes key features of the Austrian financial system, analyzes current trends in Austrian banking, and discusses appropriate regulatory responses to the changing financial environment. The paper review...
Romania »
Source: Romania : Recent Economic Developments
Volume/Issue: 1997/46
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 July 1997
ISBN: 9781451832686
Keywords: pos, prices, credit, payments, shares
This paper reviews economic developments in Romania during 1990-97. Reforms have been relatively slow since the beginning of the transition process. Except for a brief and inconsequential interlude in 1993, compreh...
Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands »
Source: Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands : Detailed Assessment of Standards and Codes
Volume/Issue: 2004/310
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 29 September 2004
ISBN: 9781451829488
Keywords: credit, law enforcement, money laundering, shares, supervisory authority
This Detailed Assessment of Standards and Codes on the Kingdom of the Netherlands-Netherlands reviews Basel Core Principles for effective banking supervision. Because of the highly developed nature of the Netherlan...
Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard »
Source: Bond Restructuring and Moral Hazard : Are Collective Action Clauses Costly?
Volume/Issue: 2001/92
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Torbjorn Becker , Anthony Richards , and Yunyong Thaicharoen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 August 2001
ISBN: 9781451851595
Keywords: Bond restructuring, contract design, law, bonds, bond, bondholders, International Lending and Debt Problems,
Many official groups have endorsed the wider use by emerging market borrowers of contract clauses which allow for a qualified majority of bondholders to restructure repayment terms in the event of financial distres...