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Regional economic outlook shifting winds, new policy challenges. Western Hemisphere :
Despite the recent deterioration in the global economic environment, projections for the region involve only a modest worsening of the outlook. The October 2011 Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere cautions, however, that there are severe downside risks. A sharp slowdown in Asia, for exampl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
©2011.
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| Colección: | World economic and financial surveys.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface; Executive Summary; 1. Global, U.S., and Canadian Outlook and Challenges; 1.1. Global Outlook: Slowing Growth with Dominant Downside Risks; Policy Options: Rebalancing Demand; 1.2. United States: A Tough Balancing Act; U.S. Policy Options; 1.3. Canada: A Slowing Recovery; Canada Policy Options; 1.4. Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean; Boxes; 1.1. U.S. Housing and Labor Markets: Headwinds to Recovery; 1.2. U.S. Financial Exposure to Europe; 1.3. Budget Institutions for U.S. Fiscal Consolidation.
- 2. Outlook and Policy Issues for Latin America and the Caribbean2.1. Overview; 2.2. Policy Challenges; South America: Financial Integrated Commodity Exporters-Guarding against Overheating; South America: Less Financially Integrated Commodity Exporters-Avoiding Procyclicality; Mexico and Central America: More Headwinds to Growth; The Caribbean: Repairing Sovereign and Financial Balance Sheets; 2.3. How Tight Are Labor Markets in Inflation-Targeting Countries?; Estimating the Nonaccelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment; Policy Implications; 2.4. Effectiveness of Macroprudential Policies.
- Cross-Country AnalysisSectoral Evidence; Policy Implications; 2.5. Fiscal Consolidation Challenges in Tourism-Intensive Economies; 2.1. Latin America: Banking Sector Spillovers from the European Crisis; 2.2. Latin America: Fiscal Adjustment with Social Cohesion; 2.3. Rule-Based Fiscal Frameworks for Latin America; 2.4. Challenges for Financial Regulation and Supervision in Latin America; 2.5. Recent Sovereign Debt Restructurings in Latin America and the Caribbean; 3. Commodity Price Cycles: The Perils of Mismanaging the Boom; 3.1. Introduction.
- 3.2. A Historical Perspective on Commodity Prices3.3. How Commodity Dependent is Latin America?; 3.4. What Explains Economic Performance in the Face of Terms-of-Trade Busts?; Cross-Sectional Approach; A Panel Approach; 3.5. Key Takeaways and Policy Implications; 3.1. U.S. Monetary Policy and Commodity Prices; 3.2. Latin America's Commodity Dependence and Export Diversification: Selected Cases; 3.3. Export- or Import-Induced Terms-of-Trade Shocks: Are They Different?; 3.4. The Cost of Mismanaging Abundance; Annex 3.1. Additional Figures.
- Annex 3.2. Cross-Sectional Approach: List of Explanatory and Control VariablesWestern Hemisphere: Selected Economic and Social Indicators, 2005-11; Western Hemisphere: Main Economic Indicators, October 2011; Latin America and the Caribbean: Main Fiscal Indicators, October 2011; References; New Publications from the Western Hemisphere Department, January 2010-August 2011.