Author/Editor: Jean-Francois Dauphin, Kamil Dybczak, Morgan Maneely, Marzie Taheri Sanjani, Nujin Suphaphiphat, Yifei Wang, Hanqi Zhang.

Release Date:March, 2022

This paper describes recent work to strengthen nowcasting capacity at the IMF's European department. It motivates and compiles datasets of standard and nontraditional variables, such as Google search more...

Author/Editor: Anil Ari, David Bartolini, Vizhdan Boranova, Gabriel Di Bella, Kamil Dybczak, Keiko Honjo, Raju Huidrom, Andreas Jobst, Nemanja Jovanovic, Ezgi O Ozturk, Laura Papi, Sergio Sola, Michelle Stone, Petia Topalova.

Release Date:September, 2020

CESEE countries lag in terms of infrastructure compared to the EU15, and deficient infrastructure is often cited as a constraint to growth and convergence. Investing in infrastructure is therefore an more...

Author/Editor: David Amaglobeli, Hua Chai, Era Dabla-Norris, Kamil Dybczak, Mauricio Soto, Alexander F Tieman.

Release Date:January, 2019

This SDN explores how demographic changes have affected and will affect public and private sector savings, highlighting the interaction between pension systems, labor markets, and demographic more...

Author/Editor: Kamil Dybczak, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano.

Release Date:January, 2019

This paper discusses the short- and medium-term fiscal implications of government wage bill spending. Working with a sample of 137 advanced, emerging and low-income countries, we use a panel VAR more...

Author/Editor: Benedict J. Clements, Kamil Dybczak, Vitor Gaspar, Sanjeev Gupta, Mauricio Soto.

Release Date:October, 2015

This Staff Discussion Note looks at the stark fiscal challenges posed by the decline and aging of populations between now and 2100. It finds that without reforms, pensions and health spending would more...