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Chapter 16International

Dimensions of Macroeconomic

Policy

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Fundamental Issues

1. What are the pros and cons of fixed versus floating exchange rates?

2. How does greater integration of global financial markets affect macroeconomic policymaking?

3. In what ways can greater worldwide capital mobility add to or detract from international macroeconomic stability?

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Fundamental Issues (cont’d)

4. What are the key multinational policymaking institutions, and what problems do they face in trying to deal with global instabilities caused by international financial crises?

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Source: John Fernald and Victoria Greenfield, “The Fall and Rise of the Global Economy,” Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, No. 164, April 2001; Economic Report of the President and Economic Indicators, various issues. Figure 16–1

Trade Relative to GDP since 1900

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Monetary and Fiscal Policies with Perfect Capital Mobility and Fixed Exchange Rates

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Monetary and Fiscal Policies with Perfect Capital Mobility and Floating Exchange Rates

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Net Private Capital Flows to Developing Nationsin the Western Hemisphere

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Net Private Capital Flows to Developing Nations in Asia

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Growth in IMF Membership and

IMF Quota Subscriptions

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Source: Barry Eichengreen, Toward a New International Financial Architecture (Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1999), Appendix A. Table 16–2

A Sampling of Proposals to Restructure Multinational Policymaking Institutions

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Source: Dale Gray and Mark Stone, “Corporate Balance Sheets and Macroeconomic Policy,” Finance and Development, World Bank, September 1999, pp. 56–59; Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov, and Larry Lang, “East Asian Corporates: Growth, Financing, and Risks,” World Bank, October 27, 1999; International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, various issues. Figure 16–7

Falling Inflation Rates and Debt-Equity Ratios in Selected Nations

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