| Description |
1 online resource (113 pages) |
| Series |
IMF country report ; no. 11/216 |
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IMF country report ; no. 11/216
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| Contents |
How much has Spain's private sector rebalanced? / prepared by Jerome Vacher -- Re-assessing Spain's fiscal sustainability : 3 percent and beyond / prepared by Keiko Honjo -- Priority measures to strengthen Spain's fiscal framework / prepared by Rafael Romeu -- Will the savings bank mergers increase efficiency? / prepared by A. Giustianini -- Spain's external sustainability / prepared by Edouard Vidon -- Determinants of Spanish inflation : the role of labor and product market institutions / based on joint work by Florence Jaumotte and Hanan Morsy |
| Summary |
Rebalancing in Spain's private sector is under way, but with more modest progress on reducing stocks. Spain is subject to significant spending pressures, reflecting unfavorable demographic trends and subdued growth prospects, and will require substantial structural reform. Priority reforms are needed to strengthen its fiscal framework. The study tries to infer the potential impact of the ongoing integration process on bank efficiency based on preconsolidation bank data. The reforms, such as those recently implemented, of employment protection and collective bargaining could help improve Spain' |
| Notes |
"July 2011." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed September 29, 2011) |
| Subject |
Debt -- Spain
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Fiscal policy -- Spain
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Banks and banking -- Spain
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Debts, External -- Spain
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Inflation (Finance) -- Spain
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Labor market -- Spain
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Banks and banking
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Debt
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Debts, External
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Fiscal policy
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Inflation (Finance)
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Labor market
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Spain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Vacher, Jérôme
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International Monetary Fund
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| ISBN |
1283558475 |
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9781283558471 |
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9781463900120 |
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1463900120 |
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1463900139 |
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9781463900137 |
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