long-run adjustment
1structural adjustment — A package of policies associated with loans to Third World countries by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. There are three elements: stabilization (the control of inflation by restricting the rate of increase of the money supply… …
2Structural adjustment — is a term used to describe the policy changes implemented by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (the Bretton Woods Institutions) in developing countries. These policy changes are conditions (Conditionalities) for getting new …
3Asymmetric price transmission — (sometimes abbreviated as APT and informally called rockets and feathers [http://www.slate.com/id/2196273/] [http://www.knowledgeproblem.com/archives/001444.html] [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract id=978022] ) refers to pricing… …
4Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
5ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… …
6international payment and exchange — ▪ economics Introduction international exchange also called foreign exchange respectively, any payment made by one country to another and the market in which national currencies are bought and sold by those who require them for such… …
7Economic growth — GDP real growth rates, 1990–1998 and 1990–2006, in selected countries …
8Perfect competition — Economics …
9china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
10China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
