Are they All in the Same Boat? : The 2000-2001 Growth Slowdown and the G-7 Business Cycle Linkages /

This paper reviews the international business cycle among Group of Seven (G-7) countries since 1973 from two angles. An examination of business cycle synchronization among these countries using simple descriptive statistics shows that synchronized slowdowns have been the norm rather than the excepti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Helbling, Thomas
Other Authors: Bayoumi, Tamim
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/046
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