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Accounting for Global Dispersion of Current Accounts* »
Source: Accounting for Global Dispersion of Current Accounts
Volume/Issue: 2009/276
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Jaewoo Lee , Yongsung Chang , and Sun-Bin Kim
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 December 2009
ISBN: 9781451874211
Keywords: Distribution of Current Account, Incomplete Markets, Frictions, current accounts, current account imbalances, current account balances, current account deficit,
We undertake a quantitative analysis of the dispersion of current accounts in an open economy version of incomplete insurance model, incorporating important market frictions in trade and financial flows. Calibrated...
Block I. Global Imbalances, Exchange Rate Issues, and Debt »
Source: Dollars, Debt, and Deficits : Sixty Years After Bretton Woods
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 September 2005
ISBN: 9781589064539
Keywords: Deficit financing, Budget deficits, exchange rate, public debt, foreign assets, current account, foreign liabilities
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Chapter 4. Are Global Imbalances at a Turning Point? »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2014 : Legacies, Clouds, Uncertainties
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 07 October 2014
ISBN: 9781498331555
Keywords: public investment, current account, gas, current account balance, natural gas
Global current account (“flow”) imbalances have narrowed significantly since their peak in 2006, and their configuration has changed markedly in the process. The imbalances that used to be the m...
CHAPTER 12 Bedfellows, Hostages, or Perfect Strangers? Global Capital Markets and the Catalytic Effect of IMF Crisis Lending »
Source: IMF-Supported Programs : Recent Staff Research
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Alessandro Rebucci , and Ashoka Mody
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 April 2006
ISBN: 9781589063617
Keywords: International Monetary Fund, current account, capital flows, private capital, private capital flows, conditionality
Introduction Ever since Walter Bagehot’s times, it has been recognized that emergency liquidity support, to be effective, must in principle be unlimited. Of course, the precept shoul...
CHAPTER 4 DECOUPLING THE TRAIN? SPILLOVERS AND CYCLES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY »
Source: World Economic Outlook, April 2007 : Spillovers and Cycles in the Global Economy
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 September 2006
ISBN: 9781589066267
Keywords: current account, external financing, exchange rate, current account balance, balance of payments
Over the past year, there has been considerable debate about how the slowing of the U.S. economy could affect other countries. The concerns of investors and policymakers alike must be seen against the histor...
Chapter 1 Global Prospects and Policies »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2009 : Sustaining the Recovery
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 15 October 2009
ISBN: 9781589068070
Keywords: monetary policy, current account, inflation, banking crises, banking
The Global Recession Is Ending The global economy appears to be expanding again, pulled up by the strong performance of Asian economies and stabilization or modest recovery elsewhere...
CHAPTER 1. GLOBAL PROSPECTS AND POLICIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2008 : Financial Stress, Downturns, and Recoveries
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067585
Keywords: inflation, current account, fiscal policy, monetary policy, commodity prices
This chapter opens with an overview of a global economy under stress. It then examines the expanding financial crisis and its macroeconomic implications in more detail, as well as the imbalances in housing a...
Chapter 1. Global Prospects and Policies »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2013 : Transition and Tensions
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 October 2013
ISBN: 9781484340639
Keywords: inflation, current account, capital inflows, current account balance, monetary policy
Global growth is still weak, its underlying dynamics are changing, and the risks to the forecast remain to the downside. As a result, new policy challenges are arising and policy spillovers may...
Chapter 1 Global Prospects and Policies »
Source: World Economic Outlook, October 2012 : Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 October 2012
ISBN: 9781616353896
Keywords: Budget estimates, Adjustment process, Commodity prices, Debt reduction, Euro, public debt, fiscal consolidation, current account, inflation
The global economy has deteriorated further since the release of the July 2012 WEO Update, and growth projections have been marked down (Table 1.1). Downside risks are now judged to...
CHAPTER 1 GLOBAL PROSPECTS AND POLICIES »
Source: World Economic Outlook, September 2011 : Slowing Growth, Rising Risks
Series: World Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 20 September 2011
ISBN: 9781616351199
Keywords: inflation, monetary policy, current account, fiscal policy, fiscal consolidation
Slowing Global Activity Activity has weakened significantly (Figure 1.1), following a number of quarters of growth broadly in line with World Economic Outlook (WEO) projections. The...