000			00943nam a2200133Ia 4500
080			_a11.03.01 M592
100			_aIsard, Peter...[et al.]
245			_aMethodology for current account and exchange rate assessments
260			_bIMF _aWashingtonUS _c2001
300			_av, 39 p.
520			_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.
583			_c9/13/02 _kJOY_D
942			_cM _mM592
999			_c19630 _d19630