Series: Books
Author(s):
Howell Zee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
April
2004
ISBN: 9781589063167
Traditionally, the core functions of banking were to (1) accept money from, and collect checks for, customers; (2) honor checks for orders drawn on them by customers; (3) keep current accounts, or something...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Howell Zee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
April
2004
ISBN: 9781589063167
The value-added tax (VAT) has been adopted in over 100 countries. While the VAT base has been expanded in many countries to cover a wider range of goods and services, most countries with a VAT have not broug...
Volume/Issue: 2013/1
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Olivier Blanchard
, and
Daniel Leigh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
January
2013
ISBN: 9781475576443
This paper investigates the relation between growth forecast errors and planned fiscal consolidation during the crisis. We find that, in advanced economies, stronger planned fiscal consolidation has been associated...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Anna Nordstrom
,
Scott Roger
,
Mark Stone
,
Seiichi Shimizu
,
Turgut Kisinbay
, and
Jorge Restrepo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
November
2009
ISBN: 9781589067967
The exchange rate plays a more important role in monetary policy for emerging economies that have adopted inflation targeting than for their advanced economy counterparts. Inflation-targeting emerging econom...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Anna Nordstrom
,
Scott Roger
,
Mark Stone
,
Seiichi Shimizu
,
Turgut Kisinbay
, and
Jorge Restrepo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
November
2009
ISBN: 9781589067967
The exchange rate plays a larger role in monetary policy for inflation-targeting emerging economies than for inflation-targeting advanced economies. Inflation-targeting emerging economies have less flexible...
Series: Occasional Papers
Author(s):
Anna Nordstrom
,
Scott Roger
,
Mark Stone
,
Seiichi Shimizu
,
Turgut Kisinbay
, and
Jorge Restrepo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
November
2009
ISBN: 9781589067967
This section addresses why the exchange rate plays a more important policy and operational role for emerging economies than for advanced economies. In short, the channels between the exchange rate and econom...
Volume/Issue: 2013/1
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Olivier Blanchard
, and
Daniel Leigh
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
January
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475576443.001
ISBN: 9781475576443
This paper investigates the relation between growth forecast errors and planned fiscal consolidation during the crisis. We find that, in advanced economies, stronger planned fiscal consolidation has been associated...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Howell Zee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
April
2004
ISBN: 9781589063167
The term “innovative financial instruments” is generally taken to mean financial derivatives. A financial derivative (henceforth, simply derivative) is a financial instrument whose price depends on, or is de...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Howell Zee
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
April
2004
ISBN: 9781589063167
Insurers are important financial intermediaries. They play a significant role in the financial system as vehicles for savings (policy premiums are not used immediately to meet claims; they are instead invest...
Series: International Financial Statistics
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
August
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455210503.041
ISBN: 9781455210503
International Financial Statistics provides a complete library of continuously updated international statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance. The monthly print edition contains over 1,000 pa...
