Title Jamaica : selected issues / prepared by Sanjaya Panth, Christopher Faircloth, and Alejandro Guerson

Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (43 pages) : color illustrations Series IMF country report ; no. 08/198 IMF country report ; no. 08/198. Contents Cover; Contents; Introduction; I. Jamaica and the External Environment; A. Introduction; Figures; I. 1. Global Links and Vulnerabilities; B. Impact on Jamaica's Balance of Payments; 2. Empirical Strategy; 3. Impact of Deceleration in U.S. Growth and Private Consumption; 4. Impact of Deceleration in U.S. Wages and Imports; 5. Impact of Deceleration in U.S. Credit to the Private Sector and Money Balances; 6. Impact of Decline in U.S. Interest Rate and Asset Prices; C. Impact on Jamaica's GDP and Fiscal Accounts; 7. Impact on Jamaican GDP and Fiscal Sectors I 8. Impact on Jamaican GDP and Fiscal Sectors IID. Concluding Remarks; Appendices; I. 1. Section B: Econometric Tables; Appendix Tables; I. 1A. U.S. Economy Indicators Cointegration Tests; 1B. Residuals-Based Tests of Jamaican External Sector Cointegration with the U.S.; 2. Section C: Econometric Tables; 2. U.S. Variables Included as Exogenous in the Jamaica VAR; References; II. A Probabilistic Analysis of Debt Reduction in Jamaica; A. Introduction; B. The Methodology in Relation to the Literature and Its Applicability to Jamaica; II. 1. External Sources of Volatility in Jamaica; C. The Model 2. Series Used in the EstimationBoxes; II. 1. Debt Dynamics; 3. Predictive Power of the VAR Estimation; D. Results: Probabilities of Successful Debt Reduction; 2. Real Exchange Rate Decomposition; 4. VAR Fan Charts; E. Concluding Remarks; II. 1. Jamaican Economy Model; II. 1A. VAR Estimation; 1B. Granger Causality Tests; 2. Inflation and Exchange Rate Depreciation Equations; 2. Vector Error Correction Estimation for Nominal Exchange Rate; References Summary In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discussions with government officials, is published at the option of the member country Notes "June 2008"--Cover "Prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Print version record Subject Balance of payments -- Jamaica Debts, Public -- Jamaica Balance of payments Debts, Public Economic history Economic policy International economic relations SUBJECT Jamaica -- Foreign economic relations Jamaica -- Economic policy Jamaica -- Economic conditions Subject Jamaica Form Electronic book Author Faircloth, Christopher, author. Guerson, Alejandro D., author. International Monetary Fund, issuing body. ISBN 1280892412 9781280892417 9781451988666 1451988664 9781451993059 1451993056

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