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Trade Linkages, Balance Sheets, and Spillovers: The Germany-Central European Supply Chain

Author/Editor: Selim Elekdag, Dirk Muir.

Release Date: October, 2013

Price: $18.00

Germany and the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia (the CE4) have been in aprocess of deepening economic integration which has lead to the development of a dynamicsupply chain within more...



Tests of German Resilience

Author/Editor: Fabian Bornhorst, Ashoka Mody.

Release Date: October, 2012

Price: $18.00

From its early post-war catch-up phase, Germany’s formidable export engine has been its consistent driver of growth. But Germany has almost equally consistently run current account surpluses. more...



Germany: Staff Report for the 2012 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: July, 2012

Price: $18.00

Quantifying Impact of Aging Population on Fiscal Space

Author/Editor: Seok Gil Park.

Release Date: June, 2012

Price: $18.00

This paper quantitatively investigates how population aging trend affects fiscal space measured as unused revenue generating capacity by utilizing a standard neoclassical growth model. A calibration more...



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

Release Date: July, 2011

Price: $18.00

Germany : 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; Public Information Notice; and Statement by the Executive Director for Germany

Release Date: February, 2008

Price: $18.00

The German economy has made major strides, helped by wide-ranging reforms. Greater transparency and stronger incentives for prudent action will support crisis prevention and management. The immediate more...



Germany : Selected Issues

Release Date: February, 2008

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Increases in core inflation owing to the VAT hike were smaller than expected, initially constituting a puzzle and leading to speculation about delayed increases or competitive pressures. Given more...



Germany : Selected Issues

Release Date: December, 2006

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For more than a decade, growth in Germany has been subdued and uneven. This paper introduces the stylized facts pertaining to the strength in exports, the weakness in domestic demand, and the surge more...



Germany : Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: December, 2006

Price: $18.00

The three-point VAT increase is part of a package in which unemployment payroll taxes will be reduced. Risks to the recovery are balanced but the range of forecasts for 2007 is unusually wide. The more...



Rules-Based Fiscal Policy in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain

Author/Editor: Teresa Daban Sanchez, Steven A Symansky, Gian Milesi-Ferretti, Enrica Detragiache, Gabriel Di Bella.

Release Date: November, 2003

Price: $25.00

Fiscal rules can help to counteract the deficits and spending biases that too often originate in the political process. Rules that constrain spending--rather than the balance--allow fiscal policy to more...



Euro Area Policies : Selected Issues

Release Date: September, 2003

Price: $15.00

An important aim of this paper is to take shifts in the long-term anchor in the empirical specifications. The study examines exchange-rate pass-through and external adjustment in the euro area. The more...