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Staff Position Notes showcase new policy-related analysis and research by IMF departments. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and are aimed at a broad audience interested in economic policy issues. This series replaced Policy Discussion Papers at the end of 2008.

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November 22, 2009
Title: The Debate on the International Monetary System; by Isabelle Mateos y Lago, Rupa Duttagupta, and Rishi Goyal; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/26; November 11, 2009.
Date: November 11, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 597 KB
Title: Unconventional Choices for Unconventional Times: Credit and Quantitative Easing in Advanced Economies; by Vladimir Klyuev, Phil de Imus, and Krishna Srinivasan; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/27; November 4, 2009.
Date: November 04, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 572 KB
Title: The State of Public Finances Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor: November 2009; Prepared by the Staff of the Fiscal Affairs Department; IMF Staff Positions Note SPN/09/25; November 3, 2009.
Date: November 03, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 770 KB
Title: Policies to Address Banking Sector Weakness: Evolution of Financial Markets and Institutional Indicators; by Ivan Guerra, R. Barry Johnston, André O. Santos, and Karim Youssef; IMF Staff Positions Note SPN/09/24; October 7, 2009.
Date: October 07, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 683 KB
Title: Automatic Fiscal Stabilizers; by Thomas Baunsgaard and Steven A. Symansky; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/23; September 28, 2009.
Date: September 28, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 478 KB
Title: A Strategy for Renormalizing Fiscal and Monetary Policies in Advanced Economies; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/22; September 22, 2009
Date: September 22, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 372 KB
Title: The State of Public Finances: A Cross-Country Fiscal Monitor; by Mark Horton, Manmohan Kumar, and Paolo Mauro; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/21; July 30, 2009.
Date: July 30, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 310 KB
Title: The International Financial Crisis and Global Recession: Impact on the CEMAC Region and Policy Considerations; by John Wakeman-Linn, Rafael Portillo, Plamen Iossifov, and Dimitre Milkov; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/20; July 22, 2009.
Date: July 22, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 550 KB
Note: Full text also available in French.
Title: Global Financial Regulatory Reform: Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC); Prepared by a team led by Robert Rennhack; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/19; July 21, 2009.
Date: July 21, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 623 KB
Title: Disclosing Fiscal Risks in the Post-Crisis World; by Greetje Everaert, Manal Fouad, Edouard Martin, and Ricardo Velloso; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/18; July 16, 2009
Date: July 16, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 497 KB
Title: Collecting Taxes During an Economic Crisis: Challenges and Policy Options; by John Brondolo; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/17; July 14, 2009.
Date: July 14, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 587 KB
Title: The Global Financial Crisis: Impact on WAEMU Member Countries and Policy Options; by Johannes Mueller, Irene Yackovlev, and Hans Weisfeld; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/16; July 2, 2009.
Date: July 01, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 807 KB
Title: Principles of Household Debt Restructuring; by Luc Laeven and Thomas Laryea; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/15; June 26, 2009.
Date: June 26, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 774 KB
Title: The Southern African Development Community's Macroeconomic Convergence Program: Initial Performance; by Robert Burgess; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/14; June 15, 2009.
Date: June 15, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 941 KB
Title: Fiscal Implications of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis; by A Staff Team from the Fiscal Affairs Department; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/13; June 9, 2009.
Date: June 09, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 318 KB
Title: The Economics of Bank Restructuring: Understanding the Options; by Augustin Landier and Kenichi Ueda; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/12; June 5, 2009.
Date: June 05, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 1011 KB
Title: Fiscal Multipliers; by Antonio Spilimbergo, Steve Symansky, and Martin Schindler; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/11; May 20, 2009.
Date: May 20, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 694 KB
Title: Fiscal Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa in Response to the Impact of the Global Crisis; by Andrew Berg, Norbert Funke, Alejandro Hajdenberg, Victor Lledo, Rolando Ossowski, Martin Schindler, Antonio Spilimbergo, Shamsuddin Tareq, and Irene Yackovlev; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/10; May 14, 2009.
Date: May 14, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 838 KB
Title: Policies to Mitigate Procyclicality by Jochen Andritzky, John Kiff, Laura Kodres, Pamela Madrid, Andrea Maechler, Aditya Narain, Noel Sacasa, and Jodi Scarlata; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/09; May 7, 2009.
Date: May 07, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 848 KB
Title: Coping with the Crisis: Policy Options for Emerging Market Countries by Atish R. Ghosh, Marcos Chamon, Christopher Crowe, Jun I. Kim, and Jonathan D. Ostry; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/08; April 23, 2009.
Date: April 23, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 862 KB
Title: Addressing Information Gaps by R. Barry Johnston, Effie Psalida, Phil de Imus, Jeanne Gobat, Mangal Goswami, Christian Mulder, and Francisco Vazquez; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/06 - March 26, 2009.
Date: March 26, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 984 KB
Title: The Perimeter of Financial Regulation by Ana Carvajal, Randall Dodd, Michael Moore, Erlend Nier, Ian Tower, and Luisa Zanforlin; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/07 - March 26, 2009.
Date: March 26, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 680 KB
Title: Why Has Japan Been Hit So Hard by the Global Recession? by Martin Sommer; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/05 - March 18, 2009.
Date: March 18, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 834 KB
Title: Financial Crises and Emerging Market Trade by Alun Thomas; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/04 - March 11, 2009.
Date: March 11, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 654 KB
Title: The Case for Global Fiscal Stimulus by Charles Freedman, Michael Kumhof, Douglas Laxton, and Jaewoo Lee; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/03 - March 6, 2009.
Date: March 06, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 3132 KB
Title: Foreclosure Mitigation Efforts in the United States: Approaches and Challenges by John Kiff and Vladimir Klyuev; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/02 - February 18, 2009.
Date: February 18, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 852 KB
Title: Gauging Risks for Deflation by Jörg Decressin and Douglas Laxton; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/09/01 - January 28, 2009.
Date: January 28, 2009 Type: PDF Size: 753 KB
Title: Fiscal Policy for the Crisis by Antonio Spilimbergo, Steve Symansky, Olivier Blanchard, and Carlo Cottarell; IMF Staff Position Note SPN/08/01 - December 29, 2008.
Date: December 23, 2008 Type: PDF Size: 810 KB