Regional Economic Outlook, October 2007, Asia and Pacific

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780745003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2007
• ISBN: 1-4623-3204-8; 1-4527-4630-3; 1-283-53490-8; 1-4519-5035-7; 9786613847355
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (64 p.)
• Collana: Regional Economic Outlook
• Disciplina: 338.5443095
• Soggetti: Economic forecasting - Asia; Economic forecasting - Pacific Area; Exports and Imports; Finance: General; Financial Risk Management; Foreign Exchange; Money and Monetary Policy; Trade: General; Pension Funds; Non-bank Financial Institutions; Financial Instruments; Institutional Investors; Empirical Studies of Trade; Monetary Systems; Standards; Regimes; Government and the Monetary System; Payment Systems; International economics; Currency; Foreign exchange; Finance; Monetary economics; Economic & financial crises & disasters; Exports; Exchange rates; Exchange rate adjustments; Sovereign wealth funds; Currencies; International trade; Asset and liability management; Money; Exchange rate flexibility; Balance of trade; Financial services industry; Asia Economic conditions 1945-; Asia Economic conditions 1945- Statistics; Pacific Area Economic conditions; Pacific Area Economic conditions Statistics; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "October 2007."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Definitions; Executive Summary; I. Overview; Recent Macroeconomic Developments; Figures; 1.1. Emerging Asia: GDP Growth; 1.2. NIEs: Contributions to GDP Growth; 1.3. ASEAN-5: Contributions to GDP Growth; 1.4. Asia: Industrial Production; 1.5. Emerging Asia: Retail Sales Volume; 1.6. Emerging Asia: Exports of Goods; 1.7. Asia: Electronics Exports; Boxes; 1.1. Asian Electronics Exports: Recent Trends and the Outlook; 1.8. Emerging Asia: Core CPI; 1.9. Emerging Asia: Food CPI; 1.10. Emerging Asia: Consumer and Producer Prices; Tables; 1.1. Asia: Current Account Balances; 1.11. Selected Asia: Nominal Effective Exchange Rates1.12. NIEs: Nominal Effective Exchange Rates; 1.2. Asia: Official Reserves; 1.13. ASEAN-5: Nominal Effective Exchange Rates; 1.2. ""Other Investment"" Flows in Asia: Why the Large Changes?; 1.3. Sovereign Wealth Funds; Recent Financial Market Developments; 1.14. Emerging Asia: Net Equity Inflows; 1.15. Sharpe Ratios; 1.16. Yen Trading Positions; 1.17. Yen Carry Trade Return (Short JPY, Long Listed Currency) (July 19, 2007-August 17, 2007); 1.18. Yen Carry Trade Return (Short JPY, Long Listed Currency) (August. 17, 2007-September. 28, 2007); 1.19. Credit Default Swaps: 5-Year Sovereign Spreads1.20. EMBI Global Sovereign Spreads; 1.4. Growth in the Asset Management Industry in Hong Kong SAR and Singapore; The Outlook and Risks; 1.21. Hedge Funds: Total Return; 1.3. Asia: Real GDP Growth; 1.4. Asia: Real Export Growth; 1.5. Asia: Investment Growth; 1.6. Asia: Private Consumption Growth; Policy Implications; 1.7. Asia: Selected Fiscal Indicators; 1.22. Private Sector Inflation Forecasts; II. Ten Years After the Crisis: How Much Stronger Is Asia?; 2.1. A Selection of Recent Asia Critiques; Key Lessons from the Asian Crisis; 2.1. Crisis-Affected Countries: Nominal Exchange Rates, 1994-972.2. Crisis-Affected Countries: Nominal Exchange Rates, 1999-2007; 2.3. Crisis-Affected Countries: Corporate Debt-Equity Ratio; 2.4 Selected Asia: Household Assets-Liabilities Ratio; 2.5. Foreign Currency Loans; 2.6. Nonperforming Loans Ratio; The Challenges Ahead; 2.7. Emerging Asia: Corporate Governance Ratings; 2.8. Emerging Asia: Governance ; Indicators; 2.9. Emerging Asia Excluding India: Real GDP and Real Export Growth; 2.10. Real GDP and Electronics Exports Growth; 2.11. Credit to Private Sector; 2.12. Real House Prices and Real Income, 1999-20072.13. Stock Market Indices; 2.14. Price-Earnings Ratio; Conclusions; 2.15. China: GDP Components; III. Sterilized Intervention in Emerging Asia: Is It Effective?; 3.1. Cumulative Foreign Exchange Flows and Reserve Accumulation; 3.2. Reserve Adequacy Ratios; What Is Sterilized Intervention?; Motives for Intervention, Channels for Effectiveness, and Evidence from the Literature; Has Intervention Been Effective in Emerging Asia?; 3.3. Foreign Exchange Turnover; 3.1. India: Intervention and Change in Reserves; Testing Effectiveness; 3.4. Sterilization Coefficient
• Sommario/riassunto: Economic developments in Asia have been positive so far in 2007. Growth has been stronger (and in many cases more balanced) than expected across much of the region, again led by China and India, and inflation pressures remain largely contained. Moreover, Asia weathered the recent financial turbulence relatively well. The outlook is favorable, with growth expected to decline only modestly in 2008 as foreign demand for Asia’s exports slows. The main risk for the region is a sharper-than-expected global slowdown.

Steel structures : practical design studies / / Hassan Al Nageim

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910149364303321
• Autore: Al Nageim H (Hassan)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4822-6362-9; 1-315-38169-9; 1-4822-6357-2
• Edizione: [Fourth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (455 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: A Spon Press Book
• Disciplina: 693/.71
• Soggetti: Structural analysis (Engineering); Building, Iron and steel
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction to structural design : the meaning, the purpose and the limits of structural design : general -- 2. Steel structures : structural engineering -- 3. Structrual steel desing -- 4. Preliminary design -- 5. Single-storey, one-way-spanning buildings -- 6. Single-storey, one-way-spanning pinned-base portal-plastic design to EC3 -- 7. Multistorey buildings -- 8. Multistorey buildings, simple design to EC3 -- 9. Floor systems -- 10. Composite floor system to EC4 -- 11. Tall buildings -- 12. Wide-span buildings -- 13. Composite steel columns to EC3 and EC4 : theory, uses and practical design studies -- 14. Steel plate girders : design to EC3 -- 15. Plate girder : practical design studies -- 16. Sustainable steel buildings and energy saving.
• Sommario/riassunto: The fourth edition of this popular steel structures book contains references to both Eurocodes and British Standards. All the material has been updated where necessary, and new and revised worked examples are included. Sections on the meaning, the purpose and limits of structural design, sustainable steel building and energy saving have been updated. The initial chapters cover the essentials of structural engineering and structural steel design. The remainder of the book is dedicated to a detail examination of the analysis and design of selected types of structures, presenting complex designs in an understandable ; and user-friendly way. These structures include a range of single and multi-storey buildings, floor systems and wide-span buildings. Each design example is illustrated with applications based on current Eurocodes or British Standard design data, thus assisting the reader to share in the environment of the design process that normally takes place in practical offices and develop real design skills. Two new chapters on the design of cased steel columns and plate girders with and without rigid end posts to EC4 & EC3 are included too. References have been fully updated and include useful website addresses. Emphasis is placed on practical design with a view to helping undergraduate students and newly qualified engineers bridge the gap between academic study and work in the design office. Practising engineers who need a refresher course on up-to-dates methods of design and analysis to EC3 and EC4 will also find the book useful, and numerous worked examples are included.