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New Zealand: 2012 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice

Release Date: June, 2012

Price: $18.00

Bank Capital Adequacy in Australia

Author/Editor: B. Jang, Niamh Sheridan.

Release Date: January, 2012

Price: $18.00

The paper finds that, given Australia's conservative approach in implementing the Basel II framework, Australian banks' headline capital ratios underestimate their capital strengths. Given their high more...



Australia; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: October, 2011

Price: $18.00

Australia; Selected Issues

Release Date: October, 2011

Price: $18.00

New Zealand : 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for New Zealand

Release Date: May, 2011

Price: $18.00

New Zealand’s recovery has stalled since mid-2010. Spare capacity has helped contain inflation. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) lifted its policy rate in two steps from a record low of 2.5 more...



New Zealand : Selected Issues Paper

Release Date: May, 2011

Price: $18.00

The Savings Working Group in New Zealand presented recommendations in February 2011, and suggested raising national saving by 2–3 percent of GDP. The increase in net public saving in the country more...



Public Debt Sustainability and Management in a Compound Option Framework

Author/Editor: Jorge A Chan-Lau, Andre Santos.

Release Date: January, 2010

Price: $18.00

This paper introduces the Asset and Liability Management (ALM) compound option model. The model builds on the observation that the public sector net worth in a multi-period setting corresponds to the more...



New Zealand : 2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: May, 2008

Price: $18.00

New Zealand has experienced a decade-long robust economic expansion, owing to its sound macroeconomic policies and structural reforms, but resource constraints have emerged. Executive Directors more...



New Zealand : Selected Issues

Release Date: May, 2008

Price: $18.00

This paper assesses the impact of a disruption to capital inflows by examining past episodes of capital inflows in New Zealand and other countries. It also reviews the IMF’s Global Economy more...



Australia : 2007 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: September, 2007

Price: $18.00

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the lengthy expansion brought the Australian economy to a position of near full employment. Inflation had eased in late 2006 and early 2007, but more...



Conquering Fear of Floating : Australia's Successful Adaptation to a Flexible Exchange Rate

Author/Editor: Craig Beaumont, Li Cui.

Release Date: July, 2007

Price: $18.00

Australia has enjoyed fifteen years of uninterrupted economic expansion since 1992 despite shocks such as the Asian crisis in 1997-98 and the information technology bust in 2000-01. This resilient more...



New Zealand : 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Public Information Notice; and Statement by Executive Director for New Zealand on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: May, 2007

Price: $18.00

This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic downturn of New Zealand that commenced in 2005 has proved to be short lived. In early 2006, the economy appeared to be cooling quickly, more...



New Zealand : Selected Issues

Release Date: May, 2007

Price: $18.00

This Selected Issues paper analyzes the underlying factors that explain the behavior of the Kiwi dollar. The findings suggest that the factors influencing the New Zealand dollar have been changing. more...



Australia : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: Investor Protection, Disclosure, and Financial Literacy

Release Date: December, 2006

Price: $18.00

This study reviews selected issues on investor protection and corporate governance in Australia, and concludes that the corporate governance framework for Australian-listed companies is largely more...



Australia : Mutual Evaluation Report: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

Release Date: November, 2006

Price: $15.00

The evaluation of the anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime of Australia was based on the Forty Recommendations 2003 and the Eight Special Recommendations more...



Australia : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Detailed Assessment of Observance of Standards and Codes

Release Date: November, 2006

Price: $18.00

This assessment of the current state of Australia’s implementation of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision has been completed as part of a Financial Sector Assessment more...



Australia : Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes: FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism

Release Date: November, 2006

Price: $15.00

The report provides a summary of the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) measures in place in Australia. It describes and analyzes those measures, and provides more...



Australia : Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Insurance Regulation, Securities Regulation, and Payment Systems

Release Date: October, 2006

Price: $18.00

The Australian banking system, which holds approximately half of total financial systems assets, and is dominated by four major banks, is sound with high earnings, high asset growth, and low levels more...



Australia : Selected Issues

Release Date: October, 2006

Price: $18.00

Australia’s large external deficits appear sustainable. There are, however, risks associated with the resulting external debt that need continued careful management. These deficits, which more...



Australia : Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: October, 2006

Price: $18.00

Economic growth is strengthening, stimulated by the high terms of trade. Monetary policy has been tightened appropriately. A flexible monetary policy response to potential external shocks, including more...



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