00972nam a2200145Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000280003524500660006326000280012930000130015752006080017058300190077894200120079799900170080920260716043229.0  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  cMmM592  c42965d42965