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What's in the R- Stars for Korea?

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:March, 2021

Korea’s stars tell of an economy saddled with a real neutral rate (r-star) that has declined significantly in recent decades and is currently below zero. This reflects a significant decline in more...



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Flattening the Insolvency Curve: Promoting Corporate Restructuring in Asia and the Pacific in the Post-C19 Recovery

Author/Editor: W A Bauer, R S Craig, José Garrido, Kenneth H Kang, Kenichiro Kashiwase, Sung Jin Kim, Yan Liu, Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:January, 2021

The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) triggered a sharp contraction of economic activity across Asia and the Pacific. Policymakers adopted a “whatever it takes” approach in their initial response, more...



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When China Sneezes Does ASEAN Catch a Cold?

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:November, 2016

This paper looks at the effects of a China slowdown on Emerging Market Economies (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) and Frontier Developing Economies (Cambodia, Lao P.D.R., and Vietnam) in ASEAN. more...



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Monetary Policy Transmission and Financial Stability in a LIC : The Case of Bangladesh

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:November, 2015

This paper explores how monetary policy affects the real economy and its efficacy in promoting financial stability in a large low income country. This paper shows that monetary policy modestly more...



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How Important are Debt and Growth Expectations for Interest Rates?

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:May, 2015

This paper uses a dataset on private-sector risk aversion as well as expectations of long-rungrowth and debt to explain trends in implied forward rates on government bonds in the G-7countries. The more...



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The Effects of U.S. Unconventional Monetary Policy on Asia Frontier Developing Economies

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:January, 2015

This paper explores the effect of U.S. unconventional monetary policy (QE2) on a group of frontier developing economies (FDEs) in Asia. This paper finds that spillovers emanating from the U.S. on more...



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The Growth and Stabilization Properties of Fiscal Policy in Malaysia

Author/Editor: Sohrab Rafiq.

Release Date:June, 2013

This paper examines the size of the fiscal multiplier values generated in Malaysia. The results show that a government spending shock leads to broad positive economic effects. Although, the more...



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