March 23, 2016/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s Middle East Regional Technical Assistance Center (METAC) held a workshop on the recently launched Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) in Beirut, Lebanon from March 21–23, 2016. The workshop was held in association with the TADAT Secretariat in Washington, D.C. and was […]
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IMF Releases Updated Guidelines for Compiling Monetary and Financial Statistics
March 22, 2016/IMF The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released today the prepublication version of the Monetary and Financial Statistics Manual and Compilation Guide, providing updated guidance for the compilation, reporting, and dissemination of monetary and financial statistics (MFS). The Manual addresses the need for accurate, comprehensive, and reliable monetary […]
Monetary Policy and Financial Stability: Canada’s House-Price Dilemma
March 21, 2016/iMFdirect By Cheng Hoon Lim Canada’s housing market is sizzling hot and the Bank of Canada has a monetary policy dilemma: increase interest rates to cool the housing market would hurt borrowers and the economy; keep interest rates low adds fuel to the borrowing that led to the […]
