Suriname: Selected Issues
IMF Staff Country Reports, October 31, 2014
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Bibliographic details
- Published: October 31, 2014
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781498354042.002
Summary and main findings
- This Selected Issues Paper carries out an empirical analysis of the effects of policies and external shocks on economic activity in Suriname.
- The estimates are broadly consistent with prior empirical findings.
- The results reveal a strong contemporaneous correlation between credit and demand.
- The empirical link between exports and demand seems slightly weaker.
- The results for import demand point to a strong correlation between imports and exports.
- The export variable is highly significant and explains a large fraction of the total variation in imports.
- An increase in exports of 1 percent is associated with a 0.61 percent increase in imports.
Methodological notes and scope
- Empirical analysis of policy and external shock effects on Suriname’s economic activity.
- Estimates compared to prior empirical findings (described as broadly consistent).
Subject classifications and keywords
- Subjects: Aging, Civil service, Expenditure, Exports, Imports, International trade, Labor, Pension spending, Pensions, Population and demographics
- Keywords: Aging, Caribbean, center, Civil service, CR, economic risk, export commodity, Exports, Global, import demand equation, ISCR, macro-economic risks, modeling demand response, Pension spending, Pensions, revenue multiplier, risk appetite, spillover risk, Suriname, WEO commodity price projection
Content in this bundle
- Suriname: Selected Issues Paper; IMF Country Report 14/317; August 14, 2014