00890nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002800018245006600046260002800112300001300140520060800153583001900761  a11.03.01 M592  aIsard, Peter...[et al.]  aMethodology for current account and exchange rate assessments  bIMFaWashingtonUSc2001  av, 39 p.  aProvides perspectives on alternative frameworks for assessing exchange rates and the rationale for the Coordinating Group on Exchange Rate Issues (CGER)'s general approach.  Updates the description of the methodology for assessing the current accounts and exchange rates of industrial countries, pointing to the relative strengths and weaknesses of CGER's analytical framework and the judgements involved in deriving and interpreting the quantitative assessments.  Describes some initial efforts to develop a separate methodology for assessing the current account positions of emerging market economies.  c9/13/02kJOY_D