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CHAPTER III THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
The world is in the midst of an all-purpose technological revolution based on information technology (IT), defined here as computers, computer software, and telecommunications equipment. The macroeconomic be...
CHAPTER I PROSPECTS AND POLICY CHALLENGES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
Since the May 2001 World Economic Outlook, prospects for 2001–02 have weakened further, and downside risks have been further exacerbated by the recent terrorist attack in the United States (see...
V Role of the Fund »
Source: International Trade Policies : The Uruguay Round and Beyond, Volume I. Principal Issues
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): Arvind Subramanian , Richard Harmsen , Peter Uimonen , Naheed Kirmani , and Michael Leidy
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 February 1995
ISBN: 9781557754691
Keywords: trade liberalization, uruguay round, international trade, exchange rate, trade restrictions
This section reviews the trade policy content of the Fund’s recent surveillance and lending activities, and issues of cooperation with the GATT/WTO. Surveillance In seeking...
CHAPTER IV INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2001 : The Information Technology Revolution
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 May 2001
ISBN: 9781589060739
Keywords: capital account liberalization, information technology, capital flows, fdi, external financing
Globalization of the world economy has been driven by a variety of forces: rising trade in goods, increasing international capital flows, greater technological spillovers, and growing labor mobility. This ch...
Chapter 2. Country and Regional Perspectives »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2010 : Rebalancing Growth
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 April 2010
ISBN: 9781589069152
Keywords: unemployment, employment, unemployment rate, current account, current account surplus
As the global economy comes out of its deepest downturn since World War II, the prospects for growth vary substantially across and within regions (Figure 2.1). In some economies average growth d...
Chapter 4 How Do Financial Systems Affect Economic Cycles? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, September 2006 : Financial Systems and Economic Cycles
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589065987
Keywords: debt, financial systems, interest, productivity growth, payments
Financial systems in advanced economies have undergone remarkable changes in recent years, driven primarily by deregulation and improvements in technology. The pace of these changes has varied across countri...
Chapter 3. Unemployment Dynamics during Recessions and Recoveries: Okun’s Law and Beyond »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2010 : Rebalancing Growth
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 21 April 2010
ISBN: 9781589069152
Keywords: unemployment, employment, unemployment rate, current account, current account surplus
The global economy is recovering from its deepest downturn since World War II, but the speed of recovery differs greatly across regions. For many advanced economies—where the financial crisis was centered—re...
CHAPTER 2 COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2011 : Tensions from the Two-Speed Recovery: Unemployment, Commodities, and Capital Flows
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 April 2011
ISBN: 9781616350598
Keywords: capital flows, net capital flows, private capital flows, inflation
The global economy is now two years into its recovery. From the outset, it was expected to be a multispeed recovery—the April 2009 World Economic Outlook projected t...
CHAPTER VI EMU CHALLENGES TO EUROPEAN LABOR MARKETS »
Source: World Economic Outlook 2000 : Supporting Studies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 23 January 2001
ISBN: 9781451944242
Keywords: exchange rate, gold, exchange rates, unemployment, real exchange rate
On “E-day,” January 1, 1999, phase 3 of the Economic and Monetary Union—EMU for short 1 —became reality. The euro area comprises all European Union member states and Sweden, Denmar...
Chapter 3. THE CHANGING HOUSING CYCLE AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR MONETARY POLICY »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2008 : Housing and the Business Cycle
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067196
Keywords: commodity prices, emission, monetary policy, mortgage, domestic demand
The recent booms in house prices and residential investment in many advanced economies, and the sharp correction that has followed in a few of them, have reignited the debate over the link between housing an...