Germany: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 2002/240, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper examines Germany’s growth record in 1992–2001 and analyzes how future performance might be enhanced. The paper focuses on the longer-term strains on the public finances. It reviews Germany’s external competitiveness, which deteriorated substantially in the wake of unification, and concludes that, by the beginning of the current decade, competitiveness had been largely restored. The paper also examines the recent slowdown in credit, which has gone beyond what might be expected on cyclical grounds.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; Germany; exchange rate appreciation; pass-through effect; credit growth; TFP growth; credit-risk variable; Health care spending; Health care; Insurance; Labor markets; Global; Europe; Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 131
Date: 2002-10-31
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