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Indonesia: CPSS Core Principles for Systemically Important Payment Systems

Release Date: July, 2012

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Indonesia: Detailed Assessment of Observance of IMF Code of Good Practices on Transparency in Monetary and Financial Policies

Release Date: July, 2012

Price: $18.00

Alternative Monetary Policy Rules for India

Author/Editor: Michael Debabrata Patra, Muneesh Kapur.

Release Date: May, 2012

Price: $18.00

This paper empirically evaluates the operational performance of the McCallum rule, the Taylor rule and hybrid rules in India over the period 1996-2011 using quarterly data, with a view to more...



Revisiting Risk-Weighted Assets

Author/Editor: Vanessa Le Leslé, Sofiya Avramova.

Release Date: March, 2012

Price: $18.00

In this paper, we provide an overview of the concerns surrounding the variations in the calculation of risk-weighted assets (RWAs) across banks and jurisdictions and how this might undermine the more...



Bank of Japan's Quantitative and Credit Easing: Are They Now More Effective

Author/Editor: Pelin Berkmen.

Release Date: January, 2012

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This paper asks whether the BoJ's recent experience with unconventional monetary easing has been effective in supporting economic activity and inflation. Using a structural VAR model, the paper finds more...



Do Loan-To-Value and Debt-To-Income Limits Work? Evidence From Korea

Author/Editor: Deniz Igan, Heedon Kang.

Release Date: December, 2011

Price: $18.00

With another real estate boom-bust bringing woes to the world economy, a quest for a better policy toolkit to deal with these boom-busts has begun. Macroprudential measures could be in such a more...



What Drives China's Interbank Market?

Author/Editor: Nathan Porter, TengTeng Xu.

Release Date: September, 2009

Price: $18.00

Interest rates in China comprise a mix of both market determined interest rates (interbank rates and bond yields), and regulated interest rates (lending and deposit rates), reflecting China's gradual more...



Solomon Islands : Tax Summary and Statistical Appendix

Release Date: September, 2007

Price: $18.00

This paper presents the Tax Summary for the Solomon Islands. The paper discusses that normal business expenses are deductible against chargeable income. A $7,800 personal exemption applies to both more...



Samoa : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Release Date: June, 2007

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This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reviews limitations to the existing framework of monetary policy, and suggests ways to improve its effectiveness. It examines current instruments at the disposal more...



Samoa : 2007 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion for Samoa

Release Date: June, 2007

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Samoa has achieved a major economic transformation over the last decade and a half. This 2007 Article IV Consultation highlights that real per capita GDP in Samoa has increased by more than 3 percent more...



Mongolia : Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: January, 2007

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This 2006 Article IV Consultation highlights that Mongolia’s macroeconomic performance in 2005–06 has been robust, underpinned by a run-up on copper and gold prices, declining inflation, more...



Bangladesh : Fifth Review Under the Three–Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria, Extension of the Arrangement, and Rephasing—Staff Report; Staff Statement; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Bangladesh on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: November, 2006

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Bangladesh is reducing poverty and making headway toward meeting its MDGs. However, political considerations are exerting an increasing influence on economic policy decisions. The overall fiscal more...



Solomon Islands : Staff Report for the 2006 Article IV Consultation

Release Date: October, 2006

Price: $18.00

Since the intervention of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, growth has rebounded, and financial stability has been maintained. Fiscal discipline should be sustained, and a more...



Cook Islands : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector Volume I—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision

Release Date: December, 2004

Price: $15.00

This paper reviews financial sector regulation and supervision in the Cook Islands (CI). The CI has taken a number of measures to strengthen its financial sector regulation. New legislation was more...



Cook Islands : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector Volume II—Detailed Assessment of Observance of Standards and Codes

Release Date: December, 2004

Price: $15.00

This paper focuses on key findings of the detailed assessment of observance of standards and codes in the financial sector of the Cook Islands (CI). The new legal framework in CI represents an more...



Labuan, Malaysia : Assessment of the Supervision and Regulation of the Financial Sector—Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision

Release Date: December, 2004

Price: $15.00

This Review of Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision in Labuan, Malaysia, highlights the supervisory and antimoney laundering frameworks. Labuan, an offshore financial center located in more...



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