Fiscal rules in response to the crisis – Toward the “Next-Generation” rules. A new dataset by Andrea Schaechter, Tidiane Kinda, Nina Budina, and Anke Weber published by IMF (7/2012). “Strengthening fiscal frameworks, in particular fiscal rules, has emerged as…
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Successful Austerity (Batini, Callegari and Melina)
Successful austerity in the United States, Europe and Japan by Nicoletta Batini, Giovanni Callegari and Giovanni Melina published by IMF. “Using regime-switching VARs we estimate the impact of fiscal adjustment on the United States, Europe and Japan allowing for…
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Statistical Definition (Dippelsman et al.)
What lies beneath: The statistical definition of public sector debt – An overview of the coverage of public sector debt for 61 countries by Robert Dippelsman, Claudia Dziobek and Carlos A. G. Mangas published by IMF. “As this paper…
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Municípios Bilionários em 2012 (Bremaeker)
Os municípios bilionários em 2012 por François E. J. de Bremaeker, publicado no Observatório de Informações Municipais. “Dos 5.563 Municípios que escolherão novos Prefeitos e Vereadores neste ano, 47 deles (0,87% do total) apresentam receitas bilionárias…Quanto à receita orçamentária…
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Principles for Financial Market (IMF et al.)
Report to the executive boards of the IMF and the World Bank on the New CPSS-IOSCO principles for financial market infrastructures prepared by staffs of the IMF and the World Bank (07/2012) indicated by Alvaro Manoel. “New and revised…
Emerging markets – Dream on? published by The Economist. “The big emerging economies may never again grow as fast as they did after 2003. But the BRICs scenarios did not assume they all would. In its latest projections, released…
Emerging markets – The great slowdown published by The Economist. “In the past decade emerging markets have established themselves as the world’s best sprinters…This week the Internacional Monetary Fund sharplu cut its growth forecast for three of the four…
Brazil: 2012 Article IV Consultation -Staff report published by IMF. “After strong growth in 2012, the Brazilian economy has slowed down, reflecting past policy tightening to contain inflation risks and, more recently, the weaker external environment. Domestic rebalancing would…
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Fostering Growth in Europe (Barkbu et al.)
Fostering growth in Europe now by Bergljot Barkbu, Jesmin Rahman, Rodrigo Valdés and staff tean published by IMF (07/2012), indicated by Alvaro Manoel. “In this new paper, staff from the IMF indicate that both long-term and short-term solutions are…
Capital flows, international imbalances and economic policies in Latin America by Luiz Fernando de Paula, Fernando Ferrari-Filho and Aline M. Gomes (07/2012). “This paper aims at analyzing the causes and consequences of the recent capital flows boom to Latin…
