Inflation in transition economies : how much? and why? /

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Author / Creator:Ghosh, Atish R.
Imprint:[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, European II Dept., ©1997.
Description:1 online resource (28 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:IMF working paper, 2227-8885 ; WP/97/80
IMF working paper ; WP/97/80.
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URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12496069
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Other authors / contributors:International Monetary Fund. European II Department.
ISBN:1283566265
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 27-28).
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Summary:Low inflation has long been a key objective of Fund-supported programs. This emphasis on lowering inflation harkens back to the days of the Bretton Woods system when fixed exchange rates were de rigeur. Under fixed exchange rates, an inflation rate above the "world level" would result in drawings from the Fund simply bleeding out again through the balance of payments. With greater exchange rate flexibility, however, and larger swings in equilibrium real exchange rates (in the face of, or financed by, private capital flows), the case for very low rates of inflation may be less compelling
Other form:Print version: Ghosh, Atish R. Inflation in transition economies. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, European II Dept., ©1997
Standard no.:10.5089/9781451896435.001