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Inflation targets, bands, and track records: a dataset of inflation targeting countriesMendeley Data [PDF]
Data in BriefThis paper presents a comprehensive panel dataset of 41 Inflation Targeting (IT) countries from 1990 to 2024 regarding their inflation targets, bands, and track records. First, data on inflation targets and bands are collected through each central bank’s
Zhongxia Zhang
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Can Fintech Foster Competition in the Banking System in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Latin American Journal of Central Banking, 2022 This paper revisits the competitive environment of the banking system in Latin America and the Caribbean and investigates the early impact of fintech development in the region thus far. Against the backdrop of high net interest margins (NIMs) and limited
Pablo Bejar +5 more
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The effects of COVID-19 vaccines on economic activity
Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2022 This paper empirically examines the economic effects of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts using a cross-country daily database of vaccinations and high-frequency indicators of economic activity—nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions, carbon monoxide (CO) emissions ...
Pragyan Deb +5 more
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Patterns of foreign exchange intervention under inflation targeting
Latin American Journal of Central Banking, 2021 The paper documents the use of foreign exchange intervention (FXI) across countries and monetary regimes, with special attention to its use under inflation targeting (IT).
Gustavo Adler +2 more
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Belize’s 2016–17 Sovereign Debt Restructuring – Third Time Lucky?
Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2020 This paper examines the causes, process, and outcome of Belize’s 2016–17 sovereign debt restructuring – its third episode in last 10 years. As was the case in the earlier two restructurings, in 2006–07 and in 2012–13, the 2016–17 debt restructuring was ...
Tamon Asonuma +3 more
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Tax distortions from inflation: What are they? How to deal with them?
Public Sector Economics, 2023 Inflation that is fully anticipated has few real effects in purely private market economies, but this need not be the case in the presence of taxation.
Sebastian Beer +2 more
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Excess Savings Are Recession-Specific and Compensatory: Evidence From the US
Intereconomics, 2022 There is a consensus among academics and policymakers that the excess savings built up by households during the past couple of years are specific to the pandemic.
Liviu Voinea, Prakash Loungani
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The Making of East Asia’s Electronics Champions
Revista de Economía Mundial, 2021 Sustained and high growth in East Asia was achieved by developing sophisticated export sectors, especially in electronics, spearheaded by national “champions.” Using the experience of four major East Asian semiconductor firms, we argue that four ...
Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, Gary Xie
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International Monetary Fund [PDF]
International Organization, 1964 The Annual Report of the Executive Directors of the International Monetary Fund for the fiscal year ended April 30, 1954, was transmitted to the Chairman of the Board of Governors on July 1, 1954. During the period under review, the report noted, important steps toward currency convertibility had been taken in several countries, notably Belgium ...
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Sovereign Debt Restructurings in Grenada: Causes, Processes, Outcomes, and Lessons Learned
Journal of Banking and Financial Economics, 2018 This paper documents the two debt restructurings that Grenada undertook in 2004–06 and 2013–15. Both restructurings emerged as a consequence of weak fiscal and debt situations, which became unsustainable soon after external shocks hit the ...
Tamon Asonuma +4 more
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