United Kingdom Selected Issues

The paper addresses issues that arise in designing a framework for inflation targeting, with particular attention to features of the Bank of England's approach and experience. The comparison of welfare reform in the United Kingdom with similar efforts in other countries is discussed. The paper...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 2000
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
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653 |a Interest rates 
653 |a Inflation 
653 |a Real wages 
653 |a Labour 
653 |a Monetary economics 
653 |a Financial services 
653 |a Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General 
653 |a Unemployment 
653 |a Labor markets 
653 |a Aggregate Labor Productivity 
653 |a Currency 
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653 |a Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects 
653 |a Economic theory 
653 |a Intergenerational Income Distribution 
653 |a Monetary Policy 
653 |a Money and Monetary Policy 
653 |a Income economics 
653 |a Foreign exchange 
653 |a Employment 
653 |a Labor economics 
653 |a Central bank policy rate 
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520 |a The paper addresses issues that arise in designing a framework for inflation targeting, with particular attention to features of the Bank of England's approach and experience. The comparison of welfare reform in the United Kingdom with similar efforts in other countries is discussed. The paper reviews the recent literature and empirical evidence on the main economic considerations influencing possible U.K. entry into the European Monetary Union (EMU). The U.K. labor market has undergone institutional and structural changes contributing to an increase in both aggregate and relative wage flexibility