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Global Financial Stability Report, April 2019
Vulnerabilities in a Maturing Credit Cycle
The April 2019 GFSR finds that despite significant variability over the past two quarters, financial conditions remain accommodative.
Bali Conference: IMF Urges Action Soon on Global Warming »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 37, Issue 01
Volume/Issue: 37/1
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 January 2008
ISBN: 9781451967494
Keywords: low-income countries, legal status, world growth, work program, Banks And Banking. Asset Securitization, Bond Market, Capital Market, Carbon Taxes, Economic Development. Environmental Aspects, Environmental Policy. International Cooperation
Work Program, IMF Reform, Local Bond Markets, Lipsky Sees Slower Growth, Climate Change, Lipsky Interviewed, Fiscal Spending in G-7, Korea Health Check, Loan for Guinea, Technical Assistance, Indonesia, Chile's Eco...
Can Countries Manage Their Financial Conditions Amid Globalization? »
Source: Can Countries Manage Their Financial Conditions Amid Globalization?
Volume/Issue: 2018/15
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Nicolas Arregui , Selim Elekdag , R. Gelos , Romain Lafarguette , and Dulani Seneviratne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 24 January 2018
ISBN: 9781484338612
Keywords: Monetary policy, Financial conditions, international policy transmission, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, General, General, General
This paper examines the evolving importance of common global components underlying domestic financial conditions. It develops financial conditions indices (FCIs) that make it possible to compare a large set of adva...
Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion?* »
Source: Can Islamic Banking Increase Financial Inclusion?
Volume/Issue: 2015/31
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Sami Ben Naceur , Adolfo Barajas , and Alexander Massara
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 February 2015
ISBN: 9781498370813
Keywords: financial inclusion, Financial Possibility Frontier, bank, banking, banks, credit, Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy, Monetary Policy (Targets, Instruments, and Effects)
The paper analyses existing country-level information on the relationship between the development of Islamic banking and financial inclusion. In Muslim countries-members of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation...
Central Bank Legal Frameworks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis1 »
Source: Central Bank Legal Frameworks in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis
Volume/Issue: 2017/101
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ashraf Khan
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 May 2017
ISBN: 9781475595802
Keywords: Financial crisis, Financial stability, Governance, Central banking, law, financial supervision, independence, autonomy, monetary policy, International Relations and International Political Economy: General
Drawing on the 2016 update of the IMF's Central Bank Legislation Database, this paper examines differences in central bank legal frameworks before and after the Global Financial Crisis. Examples from select countri...
Chapter 21. Financial Inclusion »
Source: Building Integrated Economies in West Africa : Lessons in Managing Growth, Inclusiveness, and Volatility
Series: Books
Author(s): Alexei Kireyev
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2016
ISBN: 9781513511832
Keywords: Fiscal policy, Monetary unions, West African Economic and Monetary Union, West African Monetary Union, Inclusive growth, Currency unions, tax, monetary policy, market, interest
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries lag behind benchmark countries in several dimensions of financial inclusion: access to finance is low, especially for the most vulnerab...
Chapter 3. Global Disinflation in an Era of Constrained Monetary Policy »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2016 : Subdued Demand: Symptoms and Remedies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9781513599540
Keywords: World Economic Outlook, International trade, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Discriminatory trade practices, International trade agreements, Trade, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, Global trade, Restraint of trade
Inflation has declined markedly in many economies over the past few years. This chapter finds that disinflation is broad based across countries, measures, and sectors—albeit larger for tradable...
Chapter 1. Global Prospects and Policies »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2016 : Subdued Demand: Symptoms and Remedies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9781513599540
Keywords: World Economic Outlook, International trade, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Discriminatory trade practices, International trade agreements, Trade, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, Global trade, Restraint of trade
Recent Developments and Prospects The forces shaping the global outlook—both those operating over the short term and those operating over the long term—point to subdued growth for 20...
Chapter 2. Global Trade: What’s Behind the Slowdown? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2016 : Subdued Demand: Symptoms and Remedies
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 04 October 2016
ISBN: 9781513599540
Keywords: World Economic Outlook, International trade, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, Discriminatory trade practices, International trade agreements, Trade, Trade liberalization, Trade policy, Global trade, Restraint of trade
Trade growth has slowed since 2012 relative both to its strong historical performance and to overall economic growth. This chapter finds that the overall weakness in economic activity, in partic...
Chapter 27. Integration and Poverty Reduction »
Source: Building Integrated Economies in West Africa : Lessons in Managing Growth, Inclusiveness, and Volatility
Series: Books
Author(s): Alexei Kireyev
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 13 April 2016
ISBN: 9781513511832
Keywords: Fiscal policy, Monetary unions, West African Economic and Monetary Union, West African Monetary Union, Inclusive growth, Currency unions, tax, monetary policy, market, interest
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) experience shows that economic integration may have a significant impact on poverty reduction, even if the “growth channel” is weak. On the one h...
The Dollar Reigns Supreme, by Default: International currency arrangements have come under scrutiny in the aftermath of the global financial crisis »
Source: Finance and Development, March 2014
Volume/Issue: 51/1
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 February 2014
ISBN: 9781484312025
Keywords: Finance and Development, monetary fund, monetary policy, coal, oil
This chapter discusses the story of European integration in what is known as the European Union. The decision in 1951 by six European nations to pool coal and steel production under a common authority-the European...