Brazil
Subtitle: selected issues and statistical appendix
By: [prepared by T. Ter-Minassian and others]
Contributors: International Monetary Fund
Series: IMF staff country report -- no. 01/10
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Economic conditions; Foreign exchange; Monetary policy; Fiscal policy; Public Finance; Inflation (Finance); Banks and banking; Foreign Investments; Balance of payments; Social policy; Statistics
Other titles: Brazil, selected issues and statistical appendix
Notes: Cover title.

Prepared by T. Ter-Minassian, L. Perez, G. Maia, C. Paiva, P. Rabanal, A. Ramos, G. Schwartz, S. Chan, L. de Mello, and M. Rossi (p. [1]).

"prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country".

"January 2001."

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Table of contents: title: Fiscal sustainability and monetary versus fiscal dominance; title: Medium and long-term fiscal sustainability in Brazil; title: Social spending in Brazil: recent trends in social assistance; title: Social spending in Brazil: education and health care; title: Exchange rate changes and consumer price inflation; title: Testing the effectiveness of the overnight interest rate as a monetary policy instrument; title: Forecasting inflation in Brazil; title: Restructuring Brazil's state-owned financial system; title: Foreign direct investment and transnational enterprises in Brazil; title: Medium and long-term current account stability in Brazil.