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Challenges to Central Banking from Globalized Financial Systems »
Series: Seminar Volumes
Author(s): Andrea Schaechter , Piero Ugolini , and Mark Stone
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 02 March 2004
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589062177.072
ISBN: 9781589062177
Keywords: inflation, monetary policy, central bank, financial stability, foreign currency
Increasing global financial market integration is presenting new challenges to central banks as they seek to attain low inflation and financial stability. This volume is based on a conference hosted by the IMF in S...

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 »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, April 2011, Western Hemisphere : Watching Out for Overheating
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 03 May 2011
ISBN: 9781616350659
Keywords: inflation, exchange rate, central bank, foreign exchange, monetary policy
The global economy continues to expand, though heterogeneity and downside risks persist. The recovery in most advanced economies—where output remains below trend—is proceeding on...

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...

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...

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
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781589067592.086
ISBN: 9781589067592
Keywords: inflation, food prices, exchange rate, monetary policy, foreign currency
The ongoing global turmoil represents a confluence of negative shocks for Latin America and the Caribbean: a freeze in global credit markets, weaker external demand, and lower commodity prices. But the region is ex...

V Global Effects of Changes in Exchange Rates of 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
Nowhere perhaps have “aggregation effects” been so long recognized and so much discussed as in the context of simultaneous exchange rate action by primary-producing countries. 47...

VII Global Interest in Prudent Capital Account Liberalization »
Source: Capital Account Liberalization : Theoretical and Practical Aspects
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s): Michael Mussa , Giovanni Dell'Ariccia , Barry Eichengreen , and Enrica Detragiache
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 30 September 1998
ISBN: 9781557757777
Keywords: capital account liberalization, international capital, capital flows, capital mobility, capital inflows
This paper has reviewed analytical issues and economic policy considerations that arise in conjunction with capital account liberalization. Since financial transactions are properly...