A Primeron the IMF's Information Notice System

By Dominique Desruelle, Alessandro Zanello

May 1, 1997

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Dominique Desruelle, and Alessandro Zanello. A Primeron the IMF's Information Notice System, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

This paper describes the methodology and the data used to compute nominal and real effective exchange rate indices in the International Monetary Fund’s Information Notice System (INS). In particular, it highlights improvements to the INS implemented over 1994-96, including modifications to the computational methodology, use of updated data, and extension of the INS to recent Fund members.

Subject: Competition, Exchange rate indexes, Exchange rates, Exports, Financial markets, Foreign exchange, International trade, Real effective exchange rates

Keywords: Competition, Consumer price index, Eastern Europe, Effective exchange rates, Exchange rate, Exchange rate indexes, Exchange rates, Exports, Global, Index series, Real effective exchange rates, REER index, REER indicator, REER indices, Trade weight, WP

Publication Details

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33
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Working Paper No. 1997/071
Stock No:

WPIEA0711997
ISBN:

9781451960020
ISSN:

1018-5941

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