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OECD Economic Outlook No. 86 - Brazil

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19-Nov-2009

Summary of developments and projections for Brazil, taken from the latest OECD Economic Outlook.

Composite Leading Indicators (CLIs) for OECD Countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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06-Nov-2009

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Composite leading indicators (CLIs) are presented in two different forms. They are the trend restored CLIs and the annualised 6-month rate of changes of CLIs.

Seminar: Growth performance and sustainability in the enhanced engagement countries

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05-Oct-2009

The Economics Department organised a seminar on 24 September 2009 to bridge this gap in the policy debate by identifying potential sources of growth in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, ...

The effectiveness of education and health spending among Brazilian municipalities

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15-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

This paper uses a large dataset combining census, household survey and budgetary data for nearly 4 000 Brazilian municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes.

The bank lending channel of monetary transmission in Brazil: A VECM approach

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15-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

This paper tests for the existence of a bank lending channel in the transmission of monetary policy in Brazil using monthly aggregate data for the period 1995:12 through 2008:6.

Recent reforms strengthening Brazil’s resilience to economic crisis, says OECD’s Gurría

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14-Jul-2009

Brazil is resisting  the global downturn better than many other countries thanks to sound policies developed over recent years and an improved balance of payments, said Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD.

Policy Brief: Economic Survey of Brazil, 2009

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14-Jul-2009

The global financial and economic crisis has not left Brazil unscathed. But a recovery is getting under way and should gather momentum in the second half of 2009 and into 2010. Continued macroeconomic ...

Economic Survey of Brazil 2009: Reforming indirect taxes and labour levies

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14-Jul-2009

The complexities and fragmentation of Brazil’s tax system make it particularly onerous to enterprises, making it a priority for reform. The state-level VAT has often been used as an industrial policy instrument, ...

Price and volume elasticities of Brazilian foreign trade: A profit function approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Mauro Pisu

To investigate the possible impact of terms of trade gains on the real economy, this paper estimates normalised quadratic input demand and output supply functions for the Brazilian economy during 1997-2008.

Current account sustainability in Brazil: A non linear approach

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06-Jul-2009

Luiz de Mello and Matteo Mogliani

To shed further light on this issue in the context of emerging market economies, this paper uses Brazilian data to estimate the determinants of the current account in a smooth transition vector autoregressive (ST VAR) setting.

 

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