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Luxembourg: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation

May 9, 2014

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Luxembourg: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that with a strong policy framework, Luxembourg has weathered the crisis well and the economy is rebounding. The fiscal position remains sound, and the large financial sector has been resilient. After a shallow recession in 2012, growth reached 2.1 percent in 2013. The improving economic and financial environment in Europe drove the recovery in services exports. The outlook is for growth to firm up but without returning to its pre-crisis trend. Output is forecast to grow broadly in line with potential (2 to 2½ percent) during 2014–2019.

Subject: Banking, Economic sectors, Expenditure, Financial sector, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Labor, Output gap, Public debt

Keywords: Cost competitiveness, CR, Diversification proceeds, Europe, Expenditure review, Financial sector, Fiscal stance, Global, Government, Government housing benefits policy, Growth prospect, ISCR, Liability positions vis-à-vis nonresident, Luxemburg, Staff, Wage indexation mechanism

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    55

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2014/118

  • Stock No:

    1LUXEA2014001

  • ISBN:

    9781475518528

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685