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Annex IV International Coordination of Supervision and Regulation of Financial Institutions »
Source: International Capital Markets : Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues, 1996
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 1996
ISBN: 9781557756091
Keywords: banking, foreign exchange, bond, bonds, banking system
This annex provides information on the framework for international cooperation in the supervision and regulation of financial institutions and describes cooperative efforts to regulate both inte...

CHAPTER VI THE ROLE OF FOREIGN BANKS IN EMERGING MARKETS »
Source: International Capital Markets : Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues (September 2000)
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 11 September 2000
ISBN: 9781557759498
Keywords: debt, bond, banking, interest, otc
For many emerging markets, one of the most striking structural changes in their financial systems during the 1990s has been the growing presence of foreign-owned financial institutions, especially in the ban...

III Multilateral Unit-Labor-Cost-Based Competitiveness Indicators for Advanced, Developing, and Transition Countries »
Source: Staff Studies for the World Economic Outlook, 1997
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 16 January 1998
ISBN: 9781557757012
Keywords: labor standards, inflation, employment, wages, monetary policy
The IMF’s multilateral real exchange rate indices based on relative unit labor costs in manufacturing, which are currently calculated for 21 industrial countries, have for some time...

VII Indices of Exchange and Capital Controls and Relationships with Economic Development »
Source: Exchange Rate Arrangements and Currency Convertibility : Developments and Issues
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): R. Johnston , and Mark Swinburne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 1999
ISBN: 9781557757951
Keywords: foreign exchange, exchange rate, foreign exchange market, interbank market
Evaluating the restrictiveness of exchange regimes is a complex task, but in recent years it has been regarded as an important element of reaching a better analytical understanding of the impact of exchange...

IV. Surveillance over Global Financial Markets: Broadening Current Arrangements »
Source: International Capital Markets : Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues, 1996
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 1996
ISBN: 9781557756091
Keywords: banking, foreign exchange, bond, bonds, banking system
The efforts of the Group of Ten countries in formulating and implementing a supervisory and regulatory response to the challenges posed by the evolving international financial environment are by and large vi...

IV Developments in Exchange Rate Arrangements and Markets »
Source: Exchange Rate Arrangements and Currency Convertibility : Developments and Issues
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): R. Johnston , and Mark Swinburne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 1999
ISBN: 9781557757951
Keywords: foreign exchange, exchange rate, foreign exchange market, interbank market
According to the IMF’s official classification of exchange arrangements, there has been a gradual move away from pegged regimes into more flexible arrangements. This classification scheme has, however, a num...

I Economic Implications of the Uruguay Round »
Source: International Trade Policies : Volume II The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Background Papers
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): Peter Uimonen , Arvind Subramanian , Naheed Kirmani , Nur Calika , Michael Leidy , and Richard Harmsen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 February 1995
ISBN: 9781557754578
Keywords: competition, free trade, trade diversion, competition policy, competition policies
The Final Act of the Uruguay Round was signed in Marrakesh in April 1994, bringing to a conclusion the eighth and most ambitious set of multilateral trade negotiations. One hundred and twenty-five countries...

Annex I Major Capital Markets: Trends and Recent Developments »
Source: International Capital Markets : Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy Issues, 1996
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 17 September 1996
ISBN: 9781557756091
Keywords: banking, foreign exchange, bond, bonds, banking system
During most of the period under review, a favorable inflation outlook and reductions in official interest rates generally supported an environment of rising bond and equity prices and record lev...

Stastical Appendix »
Source: Exchange Rate Arrangements and Currency Convertibility : Developments and Issues
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): R. Johnston , and Mark Swinburne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 September 1999
ISBN: 9781557757951
Keywords: foreign exchange, exchange rate, foreign exchange market, interbank market
Table A1. Restrictions Maintained by Countries with Article XIV Status, 1997 1...

V Trade and the Environment »
Source: International Trade Policies : Volume II The Uruguay Round and Beyond: Background Papers
Series: World Economic and Financial Surveys
Author(s): Peter Uimonen , Arvind Subramanian , Naheed Kirmani , Nur Calika , Michael Leidy , and Richard Harmsen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 February 1995
ISBN: 9781557754578
Keywords: competition, free trade, trade diversion, competition policy, competition policies
Concern about the environment has grown markedly in the recent past. At the Earth Summit in 1992, governments collectively espoused the concept of “sustainable development”—meeting present needs without comp...