International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Post-crisis bank behaviour: lessons from South America
International Monetary Fund paper uses data from banks in Mercosur trading bloc to investigate longer-term impact of turmoil on industry
"Lost Decade" in translation: what we learn from Japan
International Monetary Fund research asks what Japan’s Lost Decade could portend about recovery from Great Recession
Growth determinants revisited
International Monetary Fund research returns to the issue of cross-country growth empirics debate using a novel model
Influences on crisis fighting in emerging markets
International Monetary Fund examines why some emerging-market economies took special-liquidity-easing measures during the crisis
IMF backs HK peg weeks after bubble warning
International Monetary Fund says it supports peg; support comes after research paper cites risk of bubbles from currency strategy
China wary of a gold bubble
People’s Bank of China deputy governor says steadily climbing gold prices could decrease the attractiveness of the metal as a reserve asset
IMF to Hong Kong: beware of bubbles
International Monetary Fund looks at the potential macroeconomic implications for Hong Kong of accommodative monetary policy in the United States
Reserve Bank of Australia – Monthly Bulletin (November)
RBA’s monthly bulletin contains articles on capital flows, IMF funding, and speeches by the governor and two deputies
Recovery will be fragile and unpredictable: Bank’s Sentance
Bank of England’s Andrew Sentance says also that fiscal consolidation may not be as bad as expected
Accounting overstates banks’ health: IMF paper
International Monetary Fund research finds banks not as healthy as their balance sheets suggest
IMF names new secretary, director of internal audit
International Monetary Fund’s Strauss-Kahn nominates Siddharth Tiwari for director of the secretary’s department of the Fund and Russell Kincaid for director of the office of internal audit
Instability hampers finance: IMF
International Monetary Fund looks at market access for the world’s poorest countries
Mauritius buys IMF gold
International Monetary Fund sells two tonnes of gold to Bank of Mauritius
China to keep policy “moderately loose”; hint at yuan appreciation
People’s Bank of China to maintain accommodative policy stance, suggests renminbi appreciation could be possible
Multilaterals define systemic importance
Report suggests an initial framework that can be adapted by individual countries
Output does not rebound, but recovers in the long run
A new working paper from the IMF argues that the absence of simultaneous banking and currency crisis and high levels of investment shore up output in the medium term
Chiang Mai a complement, not substitute to IMF aid
Senior ASEAN official stresses that the regional reserve pool is not intended to replace support from other multilateral agencies
Asia’s moment
The timely infusion of government support has led to a resurgence in Asia that has caught observers off guard, argues Malan Rietveld
India buys 200 tonnes of IMF gold
The Reserve Bank of India purchases just under half of the IMF’s sale quota for $6.7 billion
IMF upbeat on Hong Kong
GDP predicted to grow 5% next year after 2% contraction in 2009, says IMF
A new transmission model – research
An IMF working paper outlines a panel unobserved components model of the transmission mechanism
Raise inflation target to avoid slump – IMF report
International Monetary Fund study looks at how monetary policy can help hold off a protracted deflationary and economic slump when policy rates are near zero
Hungarian regulator’s role to be amplified
Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority will get more independence and the right to issue regulations if government proposal clears parliament