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Book Summary: China and India—Learning from Each Other: Reforms and Policies for Sustained Growth »
Source: IMF Research Bulletin, March 2007
Volume/Issue: 8/1
Series: IMF Research Bulletin
Author(s): Antonio Spilimbergo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 March 2007
ISBN: 9781451929768
Keywords: macroeconomic volatility, financial integration, international monetary fund, Financial Flows, Financial Liberalization, International Economic Integration, Macroeconomics, Welfare Effects,
Research summaries on (1) globalization and macroeconomic volatility (by M. Ayhan Kose), and (2) international financial integration and domestic financial systems (by Thierry Tressel); country study on Germany (by...

Chapter 15 A Market View of the Impact of Sovereign Wealth Funds on Global Financial Markets »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
After having been the center of attention through most of 2007 and the first half of 2008, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) returned to relative obscurity once the commodity price bubble burst in mid-2008. Whil...

Chapter 18 Long-Term Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Sovereign Wealth Funds »
Source: Economics of Sovereign Wealth Funds
Series: Books
Author(s): Udaibir Das , Adnan Mazarei , and Han Hoorn
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 09 December 2010
ISBN: 9781589069275
Keywords: investors, bonds, investment strategies, principals, financial markets
This crisis will leave an indelible mark on the psyche of every sovereign fund investor. – Senior reserve management official at a major Asian monetar...

The Global Effects of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs »
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Morris Goldstein
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 March 1986
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9780939934577.084
ISBN: 9780939934577
Keywords: export prices, exchange rate, world trade, world exports, total exports
This is the second of a group of papers dealing with various aspects of Fund-supported adjustment Programs....

1. Global, U.S., and Canadian Outlook and Challenges »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2011, Western Hemisphere : Shifting Winds, New Policy Challenges
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 November 2011
ISBN: 9781616351304
Keywords: terms of trade, commodity prices, inflation, terms of trade shocks, fiscal consolidation
Global activity has slowed, and the expansion has become more uneven with increasing downside risks, accompanied by bouts of global financial market volatility. Although the transient factors th...

I. Global, U.S., and Canadian Outlook »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2008, Western Hemisphere : Grappling with the Global Financial Crisis
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 October 2008
ISBN: 9781589067592
Keywords: inflation, food prices, exchange rate, monetary policy, foreign currency
Global Outlook The world economy continues to be buffeted by the burgeoning downdraft of the financial crisis and volatile commodity prices. As such, the outlook poin...

II. Latin American Linkages to Global Financial Market Turbulence »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2008, Western Hemisphere
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 12 April 2008
ISBN: 9781589067165
Keywords: inflation, commodity prices, monetary policy, terms of trade, inflation-targeting
Resilience So Far, but Global Context Weak As described in Chapter 1, the region’s financial markets have so far been much less affected by the global turmoil originating in the Unit...

IMF Economic Forum: Is financial globalization harmful for developing countries? »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 32, Issue 10
Volume/Issue: 32/10
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 June 2003
ISBN: 9781451932010
Keywords: capital flows, capital account, capital account liberalization, capital accounts, financial sector, <italic>IMF Economic Forum</italic>,
With the findings of a recent IMF staff study serving as a starting point, a panel of IMF staff and distinguished outside researchers on May 27 debated financial globalization’s benefits and risks. Panelists...

IMF Working Paper: How effective is global food aid? »
Source: IMF Survey, Volume 32, Issue 10
Volume/Issue: 32/10
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 June 2003
ISBN: 9781451932010
Keywords: capital flows, capital account, capital account liberalization, capital accounts, financial sector, <italic>IMF Economic Forum</italic>,
With the findings of a recent IMF staff study serving as a starting point, a panel of IMF staff and distinguished outside researchers on May 27 debated financial globalization’s benefits and risks. Panelists...

IV Global Effects of Changes in Imports in Program Countries »
Source: The Global Effects of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Morris Goldstein
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 19 March 1986
ISBN: 9780939934577
Keywords: export prices, exchange rate, world trade, world exports, total exports
The broad characteristics of program countries that were reviewed in Section III are helpful as a indication of their potential to influence macroeconomic developments in the rest of the world. In order, how...