There is little doubt that when central banks, including the Federal Reserve, set interest rates, they do so purposefully, with particular goals and objectives in mind. But what are these goals and ...

This is a course about exploiting the opportunities created by the emergence of a global economy and managing the risks that globalization entails. All managers now face a business environment where ...

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 16, No. 4, MACROECONOMIC POLICY (Winter 2000), pp. 43-59 (17 pages) What is it that monetary policy-makers do and how do they do it? The simple answer is that a ...

Unit 3.3 Macroeconomic objectives Low and stable rate of inflation (Assessment objectives AO2, AO4); Causes of inflation (Assessment objective AO2) Unit 3.5 Demand management Contractionary monetary ...

For the international community, one of the biggest challenges is how to reconcile the need for more country ownership of adjustment and reform programs with the need for conditions on IMF loans.

The Federal Reserve has typically used a short-term interest rate as the policy tool for achieving its macroeconomic goals. However, with short-term rates constrained near zero for much of the past ...

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Context: The political environment remains highly challenging, but recent developments provide a basis for optimism. U.S.-sponsored efforts have resulted in renewed direct peace negotiations between ...

Aug 8 (Reuters) - The era of laissez-faire monetarism is over, as the world moves by small but inexorable steps towards a new kind of Keynesian demand management. One after another, governments and ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a virtual visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF ...

Over the past two decades, Sri Lanka’s economic trajectory has been significantly shaped by assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Through a series of programs, the IMF has sought to ...