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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972473203321

Autore

Singh Anoop

Titolo

Macroeconomic Volatility : : The Policy Lessons from Latin America / / Anoop Singh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613827135

9781462356867

1462356869

9781452766287

1452766282

9781283514682

1283514680

9781451985153

1451985150

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (31 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Financial crises - Latin America

Debt Management

Debt

Debts, Public

Deflation

Economic & financial crises & disasters

Finance, Public

Financial Crises

Financial crises

Financial Risk Management

Fiscal Policy

Fiscal policy

Government asset and liability management

Inflation

Macroeconomics

Price Level

Prices

Public debt

Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Sovereign Debt

Latin America Economic conditions



Brazil

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE""; ""III. ROLE OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES""; ""IV. WHAT�S NEW THIS TIME AROUND?""; ""V. REMAINING AGENDA""; ""VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

The recent recovery in Latin America has been impressive but also raises the question whether this represents a fundamental break with the region's history of boom-bust cycles. The paper traces how this history of macroeconomic volatility and financial crisis over the past century has adversely impacted on growth and other development indicators, and the role played by policy instability. The paper then concludes that recent policies in the region offer encouragement that these vulnerabilities are being addressed, but notes that an important agenda still remains to be addressed.