A Review of PPP-Adjusted GDP Estimation and its Potential Use for the Fund's Operational Purposes /

International comparison of economic aggregates, expressed in domestic currencies, requires their conversion into a common numeraire currency such as the U.S. dollar or the SDR. Since market (or official) exchange rates are subject to fluctuations which may result in comparisons that do not reflect...

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Glavni autor: Wagner, Nancy
Format: Žurnal
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1995.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1995/018
Online pristup:Full text available on IMF
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