Author/Editor: Selim Elekdag, Yiqun Wu.

Release Date: October, 2011

Episodes of rapid credit growth, especially credit booms, tend to end abruptly, typically in the form of financial crises. This paper presents the findings of a comprehensive event study focusing on more...

Author/Editor: Tahsin Saadi Sedik, Serhan Cevik.

Release Date: January, 2011

This paper investigates the causes of extreme fluctuations in commodity prices from 1990 to 2010. Analyzing two very distinct commodities-crude oil and fine wine, we find that macroeconomic factors more...

Release Date: July, 2010

The International Financial Statistics Yearbook, usually published in September, contains available annual data covering 12 years for countries appearing in the monthly issues of IFS. The IFS service more...

Release Date: August, 2009

The International Financial Statistics Yearbook, usually published in September, contains available annual data covering 12 years for countries appearing in the monthly issues of IFS. The IFS service more...

Release Date: November, 2008

The International Financial Statistics Yearbook, usually published in September, contains available annual data covering 12 years for countries appearing in the monthly issues of IFS. The IFS service more...

Release Date: June, 1993