IMF Research Bulletin

IMF Research Bulletin, March 2011

Publication Date:

March 1, 2011

Summary:

The Q&A in this issue features seven questions on the role of precautionary savings in open economies (by Damiano Sandri); the research summaries are "The Macroeconomics of Aid (by Andrew Berg, Rafael Portillo, and Luis-Felipe Zanna) and "The Building Blocks to Measure Inflation" (by Mick Silver). The issue also lists the contents of the March 2011 issue of the IMF Economic Review, Volume 59 Number 1; visiting scholars at the IMF during January?March 2011; and recent IMF Working Papers and Staff Discussion Notes.

Series:

IMF Research Bulletin No. 2011/001

Subject:

Expenditure Financial crises Foreign exchange National accounts Precautionary savings Price indexes Prices Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Real exchange rates