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Global economic outlook 2008
Deloitte, 2008Global imbalances have contributed to the build up of a speculative bubble in the US housing market. Their unwinding after the recent bursting of this bubble might mark the return of broad scale inflation for several reasons:DocumentArgentina’s economic recovery policy choices and implications
Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, 2007Argentina has recovered quickly from a record sovereign debt default and financial collapse in December 2001. The authors argue that this was due to a shift in government policy after IMF promoted austerity had led to large scale protests driving the previous government from office.DocumentFinancial crises are not going away
Vox, 2007The author discusses lessons from the current financial crises related to sub prime lending. The financial system is one of the most heavily regulated parts of the economy due to its importance to economic activity and its potential for abuse. But it’s potential for abuse means there will always be a next crisis.DocumentSources of strengths, remaining vulnerabilities and new policy challenges for Asia
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Currently East Asia is growing at an impressive rate. However, there are risks and challenges to sustaining growth. This introduction to the IDS bulletin discusses these challenges and notes shifts in the nature of the banking system.DocumentFinancing of the private sector in Mexico, 2000-2005: evolution, composition and determinants
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007The 1994 Tequila Crisis was a disaster for Mexico’s financial and private sectors. This paper examines the evolution in financing to the private sector during a period in which the long-sought recovery in credit began to materialise, 2000-2005. It focuses on changes in the volume, accessibility, affordability, and diversity of financing to households and firms.DocumentCoping with people’s inflation perceptions during a currency changeover
2006When European nations changed over to the Euro in 2002, domestic consumer demand in some countries declined because people believed – largely erroneously –that prices had increased. Could policymakers have averted this negative effect on their economies?DocumentFinancial integration in Asia: recent developments and next steps
International Monetary Fund, 2006Over the past two decades, Asia’s share of world trade has risen substantially, and intraregional trade has risen even faster. By comparison, financial integration has been more sluggish, particularly regionally.This working paper examines recent trends in, and future possibilities for, Asian intraregional trade and financial integration.DocumentReal exchange rate and international reserves in the era of growing financial and trade integration
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2006Volatility in the exchange rate can reduce growth for countries with relatively low levels of financial development. Exchange rates in developing country economies can be particularly vulnerable to economic shocks from rapid falls in the terms of trade (the price of a country’s exports relative to its imports) and from changes in short- and long-term flows of capital into the economy.DocumentFiscal discipline and exchange rate regimes: evidence from the Caribbean
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006This paper studies the scope for moral hazards or ‘free-riding’ behaviour in fiscal policies under various exchange rate regimes.DocumentThe role of interest rates in business cycle fluctuations in emerging market countries: the case of Thailand
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006This paper examines the effects of world interest rate shocks on real activity in Thailand.Pages