Narrow your search

Library

National Bank of Belgium (3)

ULB (3)

Vlaams Parlement (3)

Vlerick Business School (1)


Resource type

book (3)


Language

English (3)


Year
From To Submit

2009 (1)

2008 (1)

2000 (1)

Listing 1 - 3 of 3
Sort by

Book
Exchange-Rate-Based Stabilization : A Model of Financial Fragility
Author:
ISBN: 1462337805 1452798664 1282111736 9786613803924 1451899823 Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Interactions between banks and open capital account are investigated as rationalizations for empirical regularities characterizing disinflation programs anchored by the exchange rate. The financial system is characterized by bank dominance and lending externality – banks do not internalize the effect of their lending on other banks’ information about potential borrowers. Model dynamics simulation shows that remonetization in the wake of disinflation increases loanable funds supply and translates into bank credit expansion financed by capital inflows. A credit-driven boom results, accompanied by overvaluation and current account deficits generating financial fragilities and vulnerability to a shock that can trigger banking and balance-of-payments crises.


Book
High and Volatile Treasury Yields in Tanzania : The Role of Strategic Bidding and Auction Microstructure
Authors: ---
ISBN: 1462300316 1452743037 1283513595 9786613826046 1451913966 Year: 2008 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

The observed increase in the level and volatility of Tanzania's Treasury yields in recent years against an otherwise benign macroeconomic backdrop presented a puzzle for policymakers, while raising concerns about the fiscal burden of rising debt interest payments and diversion of bank credit away from the private sector. Using evidence from bid-level data and supported by theoretical models, this paper argues that oligopolistic bidding through 2005 may have been partly responsible for the rising level of yields; while the high volatility during 2006-07 could be traced to the emergence of a sharp segmentation of the T-bill market between sophisticated financial market players (foreign-controlled banks) and a lessexperienced group of investors (domestic pension funds and small banks). An important policy recommendation that emerges is that public debt managers should avoid micromanaging Treasury bill auctions by issuing amounts in excess of those offered or by dipping into oversubscribed segments of the yield curve, as such practices seriously disadvantage the less-sophisticated (but more competitive) investors vis-à-vis the more sophisticated players.


Book
Tanzania : The Story of an African Transition
Authors: --- --- --- --- --- et al.
ISBN: 1462383432 1452747296 Year: 2009 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

This volume documents Tanzania’s remarkable turnaround from severe economic distress in 1985, and reviews the economic policies that twenty years later contributed to a successful reversal. Tanzania still faces many policy and reform challenges, despite the many recent economic achievements the country has experienced.

Listing 1 - 3 of 3
Sort by