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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463990503321

Autore

Kumhof Michael

Titolo

Balance of payments anti-crises [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Kumhof, Isabel Yan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, 2009

ISBN

1-4623-3054-1

1-4527-3493-3

1-4518-7281-X

9786612843488

1-282-84348-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/09/134

Altri autori (Persone)

YanIsabel K

Soggetti

Balance of payments

Foreign exchange

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. The Model; A. Households; B. Firms; C. Government; D. Equilibrium; E. Government Revenue Shock; III. Model Solution; A. Parameter Values; B. Solution Method; IV. Anti-Crises; V. Conclusion; References; Figures; 1. China and Colombia-Reserves and Inflation; 2. Chile, Norway and Russia - Reserves and Inflation; 3. (a) Anti-Crisis - Overview; 3. (b) Anti-Crisis - Labor Market; 3. (c) Anti-Crisis - Government Budget; 3. (d) Anti-Crisis - Price Levels and Inflation Rates

Sommario/riassunto

Several emerging economies have, until recently, experienced large government surpluses and accelerating foreign exchange reserve accumulation. This has been accompanied by economic booms, exchange rate appreciations and in some cases increases in domestic inflation. We show that one way to understand these episodes is as manifestations of balance of payments anti-crises, as reflecting the perception that the government intends to discontinue its accumulation of reserves in the near future. The end-phase of such crises is characterized by nominal interest rates approaching their zero lower



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