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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...
Growth Spillover Dynamics From Crisis to Recovery »
Source: Growth Spillover Dynamics From Crisis to Recovery
Volume/Issue: 2011/218
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Helene Poirson Ward , and Sebastian Weber
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2011
ISBN: 9781463903510
Keywords: Growth, Crisis, Recovery, Euro zone, domestic demand, trade channels, transmission of shocks, external shocks,
Can positive growth shocks from the faster-growing countries in Europe spill over to the slower growing countries, providing useful tailwinds to their recovery process? This study investigates the potential relevan...
Measuring Energy Security »
Source: Measuring Energy Security : Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies
Volume/Issue: 2011/39
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Prakash Loungani , Frederick Joutz , and Gail Cohen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 February 2011
ISBN: 9781455217878
Keywords: Energy Security, Energy Independence, Diversification, OECD Energy Use, gas, natural gas, oil and gas, natural gas supplies, gas supplies, Energy: Demand and Supply
We present evidence on one facet of energy security in OECD economies - the extent of diversification in sources of oil and natural gas supplies. Viewed from the perspective of the energy-importing countries as a w...
Do Fiscal Spillovers Matter? »
Source: Do Fiscal Spillovers Matter?
Volume/Issue: 2011/211
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sebastian Weber , and Anna Ivanova
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2011
ISBN: 9781463902315
Keywords: coordinated fiscal exit, fiscal changes, fiscal consolidation, fiscal measure, Macroeconomic Aspects Of International Trade And Finance, Macroeconomic - Aspects Of Public Finance, Macroeconomic Policy, And General Outlook, general Aggregative Models,
The paper assesses the impact of fiscal spillovers on growth in the context of a coordinated exit from crisis management policies. We find that despite potentially sizeable domestic effects from consolidation, aggr...
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...
Recent Activity–International bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Development Association, and International Finance Corporation »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1972
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1972
ISBN: 9781616353100
Keywords: pollution, population growth, population problem, demographers, world population
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...
Governors’ statements: Poverty seen as greatest challenge of new century despite improved global environment »
Source: IMF Survey : Volume 29, Issue 20
Volume/Issue: 29/20
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
ISBN: 9781451926651
Keywords: aging, pension, aging population, elderly, social security
In conjunction with its annual Article IV consultation with Japan, IMF staff prepared a background paper (Japan-Selected Issues) on a number of key topics. Two chapters of that paper dealt with the macroeconomic an...
The Role of Contractual Savings »
Source: Finance & Development, December 1972
Volume/Issue: 9/4
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 1972
ISBN: 9781616353100
Keywords: pollution, population growth, population problem, demographers, world population
This paper describes what the limits to growth are. The paper highlights that many critical variables in global society-particularly population and industrial production-have been growing at a constant percentage r...
Republic of Poland: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix »
Source: Republic of Poland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Volume/Issue: 1998/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 June 1998
ISBN: 9781451831801
Keywords: fiscal costs, pollution, air pollution, gas, budgetary implications
This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix analyzes fiscal costs associated with Poland's accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European Union (EU). The paper highlights that Poland's acc...