Search Results

Your search found 6 documents


Wage Growth and Inflation in Europe: A Puzzle?

Author/Editor: Vizhdan Boranova, Raju Huidrom, Sylwia Nowak, Petia Topalova, Volodymyr Tulin, Richard Varghese.

Release Date:December, 2019

Wages have been rising faster than productivity in many European countries for the past few years, yet signs of underlying consumer price pressures remain limited. To shed light on this puzzle, this more...



Price: $5.00
Forecast Errors and Uncertainty Shocks

Author/Editor: Sylwia Nowak, Pratiti Chatterjee.

Release Date:November, 2016

Macroeconomic forecasts are persistently too optimistic. This paper finds that common factors related to general uncertainty about U.S. macrofinancial prospects and global demand drive this more...



Price: $18.00
What’s in It for Me? A Primer on Differences between Islamic and Conventional Finance in Malaysia

Author/Editor: Olga Krasicka, Sylwia Nowak.

Release Date:June, 2012

What attracts conventional investors to Islamic financial instruments? We answer this question by comparing Malaysian Islamic and conventional security prices and their response to macrofinancial more...



Price: $18.00
Surging Capital Flows to Emerging Asia: Facts, Impacts, and Responses

Author/Editor: Ravi Balakrishnan, Sylwia Nowak, Sanjaya Panth, Yiqun Wu.

Release Date:May, 2012

Net capital flows to emerging Asia rebounded at a record pace following the global financial crisis, raising concerns about overheating and financial stability. This paper documents the size and more...



Price: $18.00
Are Rating Agencies Powerful? An Investigation Into the Impact and Accuracy of Sovereign Ratings

Author/Editor: John Kiff, Sylwia Nowak, Liliana Schumacher.

Release Date:January, 2012

We find that Credit Rating Agencies (CRA)'s opinions have an impact in the cost of funding of sovereign issuers and consequently ratings are a concern for financial stability. While ratings produced more...



Price: $18.00
Policy Responses to Capital Flows in Emerging Markets

Author/Editor: Mahmood Pradhan, Ravi Balakrishnan, Reza Baqir, Geoffrey Heenan, Sylwia Nowak, Ceyda Oner, Sanjaya Panth.

Release Date:April, 2011

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are more...



Price: $10.00