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Asset Purchase Programs in European Emerging Markets

Author/Editor: Marco Arena, Rudolfs Bems, Nadeem Ilahi, Jaewoo Lee, William Lindquist, Tonny Lybek.

Release Date:September, 2021

Several emerging market central banks in Europe deployed asset purchase programs (APPs) amid the 2020 pandemic. The common main goals were to address market dysfunction and impaired monetary more...



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Trading on Their Terms? Commodity Exporters in the Aftermath of the Commodity Boom

Author/Editor: Aqib Aslam, Samya Beidas-Strom, Rudolfs Bems, Oya Celasun, Sinem Kiliç Çelik, Zsoka Koczan.

Release Date:February, 2016

Commodity prices have declined sharply over the past three years, and output growth has
 slowed considerably among countries that are net exporters of commodities. A critical
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Demand for Value Added and Value-Added Exchange Rates

Author/Editor: Rudolfs Bems, Robert C. Johnson.

Release Date:September, 2015

We examine the role of cross-border input linkages in governing how international relative
price changes influence demand for domestic value added. We define a novel more...



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The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology

Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas.

Release Date:January, 2014

The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...



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The External Balance Assessment (EBA) Methodology

Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas.

Release Date:December, 2013

The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...



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Demand Spillovers and the Collapse of Trade in the Global Recession

Author/Editor: Kei-Mu Yi, Rudolfs Bems, Robert C. Johnson.

Release Date:June, 2010

This paper uses a global input-output framework to quantify US and EU demand spillovers and the elasticity of world trade to GDP during the global recession of 2008-2009. We find that 20-30 percent more...



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Exchange Rate Assessments : Methodologies for Oil Exporting Countries

Author/Editor: Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho, Rudolfs Bems.

Release Date:December, 2009

Are the current account fluctuations in oil-exporting countries excessive? How should their real exchange rate respond to the evolution of external (and domestic) fundamentals? This paper proposes more...



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Current Account and Precautionary Savings for Exporters of Exhaustible Resources

Author/Editor: Rudolfs Bems, Irineu E. de Carvalho Filho.

Release Date:February, 2009

Exporters of exhaustible resources have historically exhibited higher income volatility than other economies, suggesting a heightened role for precautionary savings. This paper uses a parameterized more...



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Macroeconomics of Migration in New Member States

Author/Editor: Rudolfs Bems, Philip Schellekens.

Release Date:December, 2008

This paper examines the macroeconomic impact of migration on income convergence in the EU's New Member States (NMS). The paper focuses on cross-border mobility of labor and examines the implications more...



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Aggregate Investment Expenditures on Tradable and Nontradable Goods

Author/Editor: Rudolfs Bems.

Release Date:February, 2008

This paper shows that aggregate investment expenditure shares on tradable and nontradable goods are very similar across countries and regions. Furthermore, the two expenditure shares have remained more...



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