Suriname: Selected Issues
December 4, 2013
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This Selected Issues paper focuses on constructing a high-frequency economic growth indicator for Suriname. Most economic data for Suriname are available only with a substantial time lag and on a low-frequency basis, impeding such analyses. This paper presents a simple econometric model that closely approximates GDP in recent years. The model estimates are used to construct a monthly indicator of economic activity for Suriname. The indicator provides information about the pace of economic activity close to real time, typically with a one- to two-month lag.
Subject: Commodities, Credit, Environment, Gold, Gold prices, Labor, Labor markets, Money, Non-renewable resources, Prices
Keywords: B. gold market development, Caribbean, CR, Credit, employment, employment protection, employment-output elasticity analysis, Global, Gold, gold price scenario, Gold prices, ISCR, labor market indicator, Labor markets, minimum wage, Non-renewable resources, participation rate, price forecast, public sector wage bill, sustainability gap, wage, wage bargaining
Pages:
46
Volume:
2013
DOI:
Issue:
341
Series:
Country Report No. 2013/341
Stock No:
1SUREA2013002
ISBN:
9781475562354
ISSN:
1934-7685
