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Uruguay Selected Issues

Uruguay’s inflation and inflation expectations exceed the inflation target, and the gap has been widening in recent years. To help bring it to the mid-point of the target, Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU) needs to maintain a tightening bias in addition to strengthening its communication. This paper e...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund Western Hemisphere Dept
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2013
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Interest Rates
Price Indexes
Inflation
Investments, Foreign
Finance
Labour; Income Economics
Monetary Economics
Financial Services
Inflation Targeting
Deflation
Balance Of Payments
Consumer Price Indexes
Long-term Capital Movements
Exports And Imports
Demand And Supply Of Labor: General
Price Level
Banks And Banking
Prices
Macroeconomics
Monetary Policy
Banking
Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, And Effects
Money And Monetary Policy
Foreign Direct Investment
International Investment
Central Bank Policy Rate
Uruguay
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Summary:Uruguay’s inflation and inflation expectations exceed the inflation target, and the gap has been widening in recent years. To help bring it to the mid-point of the target, Banco Central del Uruguay (BCU) needs to maintain a tightening bias in addition to strengthening its communication. This paper examined the factors behind the composition of FDI flows to Uruguay and suggested that strong institutions and macroeconomic stability have helped attract FDI to the secondary and tertiary sectors. Flexibility of the labor market, financial deepening, and the quality of infrastructure can further this improvement
Physical Description:38 pages
ISBN:9781484395301

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