Germany: Selected Issues

January 18, 2006

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Germany: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper attempts to analyze the end-point problem and improve the quality of potential GDP estimates for Germany. It projects that Germany’s potential GDP growth will slow over the coming decade, mainly because of declining labor input. The paper focuses on a long-term fiscal scenario for Germany based on current policies. The paper also attempts to construct a preliminary public sector balance sheet for Germany, and analyzes the performance of its nonfinancial corporate sector.

Subject: Credit, Financial statements, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Labor, Labor market regulations, Money, Public financial management (PFM)

Keywords: Balance sheet, Balance sheet approach, Bank, CR, Credit, Europe, Financial statements, Fiscal stance, General government balance sheet, ISCR, Labor income, Labor market regulations, Mittelstand company, Trend GDP

Publication Details

Pages:

135
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2006/017
Stock No:

1DEUEA2006002
ISBN:

9781451810509
ISSN:

1934-7685

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