© 2008 International Monetary Fund February 2008 IMF Country Report No. 08/71 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues This Selected Issues paper for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on January 30‚ 2008. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and
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2. Some economists suspect that one of the reasons that economies in developing countries grow so slowly is that they do not have well-developed financial markets. Does this argument make sense? Yes it does make sense since the financial markets have a big role in a country’s economy and has a greater affect on it if it’s working well or not (channeling the funds to people who will use them efficiently and productively). When a country works its financial markets in an efficient way (having the
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Theory Monetary Policy of Kazakhstan Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money‚ often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability. The official goals usually include relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Monetary theory provides insight into how to craft optimal monetary policy. It is referred to as either being expansionary or contractionary‚ where an expansionary policy increases
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CHAPTER 11 MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY Chapter Outline: • The effects of fiscal and monetary policy on output • Monetary policy and the transmission mechanism • The liquidity trap • The classical case • The quantity theory of money • Fiscal policy and crowding out • Monetary accommodation • The effects of alternative policies on the composition of output • The U.S. economy in the 1980s and 1990s • Anticipatory monetary policy • The policy mix during the German re-unification
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Monetary Police Monetary policy is the term used by economists to describe ways of managing the supply of money in an economy. Monetary Policy is the management of money supply and interest rates by central bank to influence prices and employment for achieving the objectives of general economic policy. Monetary policy works through expansion or contraction of investment and consumption expenditure. According to Paul Einzig “Monetary policy includes all monetary decisions and measures irrespective
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Canada can employ to direct the economy in a positive direction: fiscal and monetary policy. Both policies‚ when used correctly‚ can be employed to stimulate the economy during times of recession or slow down the economy during times of inflation. The effectiveness of government intervention in the economy in the long and short run through fiscal and monetary policy has been the subject of controversy among many economists. Fiscal policy is concerned with adjusting government spending levels and tax
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MONETARY POLICY Monetary policy is the process by which the monetary authority of a country controls the supply of money‚ often targeting a rate of interest for the purpose of promoting economic growth and stability The official goals usually include relatively stable prices and low unemployment. Monetary theory provides insight into how to craft optimal monetary policy. Monetary policy is referred to as either being expansionary‚ or a contractionary‚ where an expansionary policy increases the total
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Background: Brazil acted fast to inject short-term liquidity into its financial system and medium-term fiscal stimulus to the broad economy following the collapse in confidence in the global financial system in late 2008. The government of President Luiz Inácio Lula has used a combination of personal tax breaks designed to support spending on consumer goods and automobiles‚ business tax breaks on construction materials‚ government spending hikes and support for residential house purchases. However
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Monetary Policy in Bahrain Introduction: Monetary policy are the actions of a central bank‚ currency board or other regulatory committee that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply‚ which in turn affects interest rates. Monetary policy is maintained through actions such as increasing the interest rate‚ or changing the amount of money banks need to keep in the vault (bank reserves). In the kingdom of Bahrain‚ The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is responsible for setting and
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Monetary Policy Paper "Monetary Policy is the most significant function of the Fed; it is probably the most-used policy in macroeconomics" (Colander‚ 2004‚ p. 661). This paper will discuss and elaborate on "The Monetary Policy Report" submitted to the Congress on February 11‚ 2003 and concepts of Macroeconomics by David Colander. The state of the economy‚ concerns of the Federal Reserve‚ and the stated direction of recent monetary policy will also be discussed. "Monetary policy is a policy of
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