Economic Survey of Norway 2008: Macroeconomic policies for a soft landing

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20-Aug-2008

The economy is operating with great pressure but there are downside risks as well. Fiscal and monetary policy should thus remain vigilant and their stance adjusted if the outlook changes.

Economic Survey of Turkey 2008: Monetary policy: facing the challenges

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17-Jul-2008

The disinflation strategy of the Central Bank should be backed by more comprehensive policies to improve inflation expectations. This includes the full enforcement of a robust fiscal framework, competition reforms, and encouraging social partners to adopt the inflation target .

Economic Assessment of South Africa 2008: Achieving Accelerated and Shared Growth for South Africa

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15-Jul-2008

This Chapter presents an assessment of the current national development strategy, the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA).

Economic survey of Poland 2008: Monetary and fiscal policies to head off overheating

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11-Jun-2008

Monetary policy should be tightened to lower the risk of higher inflation. Fiscal policy could also help achieve a better policy mix.

Economic survey of Chile 2007: Managing the macroeconomy during and after the copper price boom

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26-Nov-2007

Compliance with the structural budget surplus rule, which has been in place since 2001, has allowed the government to maintain a counter cyclical fiscal stance in an environment of rising copper prices, ...

Economic Assessment of Ukraine 2007: Macroeconomic performance and policy: the challenge of sustaining growth

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04-Sep-2007

This Chapter presents an analysis of recent economic policy and performance, and identifies the main challenges facing Ukraine as it tries to sustain current strong growth over the long term.

Economic survey of Korea 2007: The fiscal situation in Korea

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20-Jun-2007

Given rapid population ageing and the potential cost of economic integration with North Korea, Korea should maintain a strong fiscal position by slowing the growth of spending and reforming the tax s ...

Economic survey of Korea 2007: Macroeconomic developments and policies affecting monetary conditions

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20-Jun-2007

Economic growth is projected to pick up in 2007. Korea should pursue a flexible exchange rate, while the central bank should focus on its inflation target and avoid using monetary policy to stabilise house ...

Economic survey of Norway 2007: Monetary policy under low inflation

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30-Jan-2007

The monetary policy setting may at present give too much weight to the attainment of the core inflation target and too little weight to signs of overheating in the real economy and excessive exuberance in the housing market.

Etude économique de la zone euro 2007: Politique monétaire

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04-Jan-2007

Ce document examine quel peut être le rôle des aggrégats monétaires et de crédit dans la conduite de la politique monétaire. Extrait du chapitre 2 de l'Etude économique de la zone euro 2007.

Economic Survey of Japan 2008

Economic survey of Japan 2008