Philippines : Preparations for Inflation Targeting /

The Philippines is planning to shift toward adoption of an inflation targeting framework in 2001. This paper reviews key policy issues in this context, describes various operational and technical preparations, and presents an empirical analysis of the factors driving inflation. Among the key policy...

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מחבר ראשי: Kongsamut, Piyabha
פורמט: כתב-עת
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2001.
סדרה:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2001/099
גישה מקוונת:Full text available on IMF
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