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The IMF and the policy of low inflation: A review of Article IV consultations for selected Asian developing countries

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  • Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar

    (University of Western Sydney, Australia)

  • Anis Chowdhury

    (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Thailand)

Abstract

Spearheaded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there has been a rethinking of macroeconomic policies, in particular with regard to targeting inflation at a very low level in the wake of 2008–2009 global economic crisis. We provide a content analysis of the IMF Staff Reports on Article IV consultation of 12 Asian developing countries during the period 2009–2010 in order to see whether that rethinking has been reflected in the IMF’s advice. The findings of this study reveal that the IMF continues with its prescription of achieving low inflationary environment irrespective of country-specific circumstances.

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  • Ahmed Taneem Muzaffar & Anis Chowdhury, 2014. "The IMF and the policy of low inflation: A review of Article IV consultations for selected Asian developing countries," The Economic and Labour Relations Review, , vol. 25(3), pages 435-454, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecolab:v:25:y:2014:i:3:p:435-454
    DOI: 10.1177/1035304614544272
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    Keywords

    Article IV consultation; developing Asia; growth–inflation relationship; IMF; monetary and fiscal policy;
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    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O23 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Fiscal and Monetary Policy in Development
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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