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Leverage? What Leverage? A Deep Dive into the U.S. Flow of Funds in Search of Clues to the Global Crisis

Author/Editor: Ashok Vir Bhatia, Tamim Bayoumi.

Release Date: June, 2012

Price: $18.00

This paper questions the view that leverage should have forewarned us of the global financial crisis of 2007-09, pointing to several gearing indicators that were neither useful portents of the onset more...



Central Bank Credit to the Government: What Can We Learn from International Practices?

Author/Editor: Luis Ignacio Jácome, Marcela Matamoros-Indorf, Mrinalini Sharma, Simon Baker Townsend.

Release Date: January, 2012

Price: $18.00

Using a central bank legislation database, this paper documents and analyzes worldwide institutional arrangements for central bank lending to the government and identifies international practices. more...



Canada: Selected Issues Paper

Release Date: December, 2011

Price: $18.00

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...



United Kingdom: Selected Issues Paper

Release Date: August, 2011

Price: $18.00

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United States:2008 Article IV Consultation: Staff Report; Staff Supplement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion

Release Date: July, 2008

Price: $20.00

This 2008 Article IV Consultation highlights that problems in the housing and financial markets over the past year have combined to slow the United States' economy substantially. As the residential more...



Ghana : Selected Issues

Release Date: June, 2007

Price: $18.00

This Selected Issues paper examines competitiveness and the equilibrium real exchange rate for Ghana. It estimates a behavioral equilibrium exchange rate model for Ghana to establish to what extent more...



Switzerland : Financial System Stability Assessment Update

Release Date: June, 2007

Price: $18.00

This technical note presents an update to the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) on Switzerland. It reveals that current domestic macroeconomic and financial sector conditions are more...



Mexico : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update-Technical Note-Housing Finance

Release Date: May, 2007

Price: $18.00

This paper presents a technical note on Mexico’s Financial Sector Assessment Program update. The Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal has successfully led a range of direct policy measures that have more...



Mexico : Financial Sector Assessment Program Update: Technical Note: Financing of the Private Sector

Release Date: May, 2007

Price: $18.00

This technical note on financing of the private sector for Mexico describes the evolution, composition, and determinants of financing to the nonfinancial private sector in Mexico between 2000 and more...



The Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya : Statistical Appendix

Release Date: May, 2007

Price: $18.00

In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff more...



The Gambia : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Release Date: March, 2007

Price: $18.00

This Selected Issues paper assesses The Gambia’s external competitiveness by reviewing developments in several indicators, ranging from exchange rate-based indices to survey-based assessments more...



Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Competition in the Banking Sector

Release Date: March, 2007

Price: $18.00

This technical note analyzes the competition in the banking sector in Denmark. It reveals that Denmark has a fairly competitive and efficient banking sector. Measured by various indicators, more...



Denmark : Financial Sector Assessment Program: Technical Note: The Danish Mortgage Market: A Comparative Analysis

Release Date: March, 2007

Price: $18.00

This technical note presents a comparative analysis of the Danish Mortgage Market. It discusses the particularities of the regulatory framework of the Danish mortgage system. The note compares and more...



Republic of Poland : Financial Sector Assessment Program-Technical Note-Credit, Growth, and Financial Stability

Release Date: March, 2007

Price: $18.00

This technical note on the Republic of Poland underlies the country’s credit, growth, and financial stability. A broad-based statistical and econometric analysis of financial and household more...



Niger : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: 2004 Status Report

Release Date: January, 2007

Price: $18.00

This paper discusses key findings of the 2004 Status Report on Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) for Niger. The report assesses economic and financial performance, as well as progress in more...



Russian Federation : Selected Issues

Release Date: December, 2006

Price: $15.00

Russia’s large oil and gas reserves play a key role in its economic development. As with many other large oil exporters, Russia’s energy wealth is also posing numerous challenges to more...



IMF Staff Papers, Volume 52, Special Issue, IMF Conference in Honor of Michael Mussa

Release Date: August, 2005

Price: $25.00

This paper focuses on expectations for the American economy focused on the likelihood of secular stagnation, which continued to be debated throughout the post-war period. Concerns rose during the more...



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