04051nam 2200661 450 991046359050332120180823002313.01-4623-4369-41-4527-2284-61-4518-7019-197866128411251-282-84112-2(CKB)3170000000055061(EBL)1607934(SSID)ssj0000943958(PQKBManifestationID)11505877(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943958(PQKBWorkID)10982805(PQKB)11299459(OCoLC)763099184(MiAaPQ)EBC1607934(EXLCZ)99317000000005506120140226h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA U.S. financial conditions index putting credit where credit is due /Andrew Swiston ; authorized for distribution by Tamim Bayoumi[Washington, District of Columbia] :International Monetary Fund,2008.©20081 online resource (37 p.)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/08/161Description based upon print version of record.1-4519-1472-5 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; I. Introduction and Literature Review; II. Building a Better Financial Conditions Index; A. Why VAR and IRF?; B. Whose Lending? Which Standards?; Figures; 1. Lending Standards and GDP Growth; Tables; 1. Lending Standards and Real Activity: Correlations; 2. Lending Standards and Financial Variables: Correlations; 2. Response of GDP to Lending Standards; C. Which Other Variables Enter the Mix?; 3. Response of GDP to Risk-Free Interest Rates; 4. Response of GDP to Default Risk and Volatility; 5. Response of GDP to Asset Prices; 6. Lending Standards and the High Yield SpreadIII. Financial Conditions and GrowthA. What are the Guts of the FCI?; B. Which Financial Conditions Matter?; 7. Response of GDP to Financial Shocks; 8. Response of Financial Conditions to Lending Standards; C. What Role for Credit Aggregates?; 9. Credit Availability and the Impact of Monetary Policy on Growth; 10. Response of GDP to Credit Aggregates; D. What is the FCI's Contribution to Growth?; 3. Financial Conditions and Real Activity: Correlations and Variance Decompositions; 11. Financial Conditions Index; 12. Financial Shocks and Contributions to the FCIE. Where Do Financial Conditions Hit Hardest?13. Individual Contributions to the FCI; 14. Response of Components of Demand to Financial Shocks; F. Can the FCI See Into the Future?; 15. Leading Financial Conditions Index; IV. Conclusions; ReferencesThis paper gauges the key determinants of China's private consumption in relation to GDP using data on the Chinese economy and evidence from other countries' experiences. The results suggest there is nothing ""special"" about consumption in China. Rather, the challenge is to explain why the conditioning variables-notably a low level of service sector employment, the level of financial sector development, and low real interest rates-are so different in China relative to other countries' historical experience. The results suggest, in particular, that efforts to further raise household income andIMF working paper ;WP/08/161.LoansUnited StatesEconometric modelsCreditUnited StatesEconometric modelsUnited StatesEconomic conditionsEconometric modelsElectronic books.LoansEconometric models.CreditEconometric models.354.2799273Swiston A(Andrew James)894441Bayoumi Tamim A122763MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463590503321A U.S. financial conditions index2015873UNINA03429nam 2200493 450 991046766920332120200520144314.09956-763-33-0(CKB)4340000000203137(OCoLC)1004389752(MdBmJHUP)muse65247(MiAaPQ)EBC5045673(PPN)220203261(Au-PeEL)EBL5045673(CaPaEBR)ebr11440442(OCoLC)1004193957(EXLCZ)99434000000020313720171014h20172017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPerspectives of labour migration from Mzimba District, Malawi, to South Africa /Harvey Chidoba BandaMankon, Bamenda, [Cameroon] :Langaa Research & Publishing CIG,2017.©20171 online resource (1 PDF (xii, 145 pages) :)color illustrations, color map9956-762-23-7 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Competition for the labour supply in Mzimba District : the case of Wenela and Mthandizi -- 3. Gendered migrancy from Mzimba District to South Africa since the 1990's -- 4. Xenophobic experiences of Malawian migrants in South Africa -- 5. Madipotii : international recurrent migrants from Zubayumo Makamo area -- 6. Migrants and medicines : the interface of migration and traditional medicinal beliefs in Mzimba District -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix.Labour migration from Malawi to South Africa is a ‘century-old phenomenon'. It dates as far back as the 1880's following the establishment of diamond and gold mines. In the period up to the 1980's, this migration took either formal or informal nature whereas in the post-1990 period it became exclusively informal, popularly known as selufu in Malawi. This book is an attempt to shed light on both forms of migration over time. By using the case of Mzimba, one of the major labour migration districts in Malawi, Perspectives of Labour Migration shows that migration, especially in the post-1990 period, remains a preoccupation of the different categories of both men and women in selected areas in the country. A cross-section of Malawians continue to regard emigration to South Africa as a means to an end: a way of fulfilling their heart-felt and life-time goals at household and societal levels. Because of their distinguished and unparalleled determination, these labour migrants continue to ‘flock' to South Africa in the midst of such challenges as xenophobia, crime, arrests and deportations. The book advances the argument that Malawian labour migrants are purposive and rational human beings who are ready to overcome these challenges, at times using the most improbable means, for example, through the use of mankhwala gha mwabi (luck medicine).Migrant laborSouth AfricaSouth AfricaEmigration and immigrationElectronic books.Migrant labor331.5440968Banda Harvey Chidoba914839MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467669203321Perspectives of labour migration from Mzimba District, Malawi, to South Africa2050136UNINA