Ravi Balakrishnan

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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1.

Understanding UK Inflation: The Role of Openness

Bank of England Working Paper No. 164
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Mar 2003
Ravi Balakrishnan and David Lopez-Salido
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Inflation dynamics, open economy New Phillips Curve

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The Elusive Quest for Inclusive Growth: Growth, Poverty, and Inequality in Asia

IMF Working Paper No. 13/152
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Jul 2013
Ravi Balakrishnan, Chad Steinberg and Murtaza Syed
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)
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Economic growth, Asia, Fiscal policy, Government expenditures, Social safety nets, Labor market reforms, China, pro-poor, Inequality, Inclusive Growth, Poverty, Labor Market, Fiscal Policy, Financial Markets., inclusive growth, gini, labor market, income distribution, rising inequality, gini coefficient, pro-poor growth, dependent variable, human capital, impact on poverty, social spending, gini index, social safety nets, urban income, average income growth, urban income gap, overall inequality, social safety net, distribution of income, high-income countries, income gap, reducing poverty, regional inequality, growth pro-poor, inclusive development, rising wage inequality, lack of access, in

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The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 09/133
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Jul 2009
Ravi Balakrishnan, Stephan Danninger, Irina Tytell, Irina Tytell and Selim Ali Elekdag
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (Research Department), Fidelity InvestmentsInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Policy Development and Review Department
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Banking crisis, Banking sector, Capital flows, Developed countries, Developing countries, Economic models, Emerging markets, Financial crisis, Financial risk, Spillovers, Transition economies

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Globalization, Gluts, Innovation or Irrationality: What Explains the Easy Financing of the U.S. Current Account Deficit?

IMF Working Paper No. 07/160
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Aug 2007
Ravi Balakrishnan, Tamim Bayoumi and Volodymyr Tulin
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Working Paper, Current account, United States, External debt, Deficit financing, Financial instruments, Globalization, Savings, Economic models

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What’s the Damage? Medium-Term Output Dynamics after Banking Crises

IMF Working Paper No. 09/245
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Nov 2009
Abdul G. Abiad, Ravi Balakrishnan, Petya Koeva Brooks, Daniel Leigh, Daniel Leigh, Irina Tytell and Irina Tytell
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, affiliation not provided to SSRN, International Monetary Fund (IMF)International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Fidelity InvestmentsInternational Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Asset management, China, People's Republic of, Governance, Investment policy, Pension funds, Pension supervision, Savings promotion

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U.S. Dollar Risk Premiums and Capital Flows

IMF Working Paper No. 06/160
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 26 Jul 2006
Ravi Balakrishnan and Volodymyr Tulin
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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U.S. Dollar, Risk Premiums, Capital Flows

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U.S. Inflation Dynamics: What Drives Them Over Different Frequencies?

IMF Working Paper No. 06/159
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Jul 2006
Ravi Balakrishnan and Sam Ouliaris
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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U.S. inflation, monetary policy credibility

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Asset Price Based Estimates of Sterling Exchange Rate Risk Premia

Bank of England Working Paper No. 250
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 May 2005
Jan J. Groen and Ravi Balakrishnan
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Uncovered interest rate parity, exchange rate risk premia, conditional linear factor models, habit persistence in consumption

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Surging Capital Flows to Emerging Asia: Facts, Impacts, and Responses

IMF Working Paper No. 12/130
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Aug 2012
Ravi Balakrishnan, Sylwia Barbara Nowak, Sanjaya Panth and Yiqun Wu
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Asia, Capital Inflows, Macroprudential Policy, Capital Flows, Emerging Markets, Risk Management, Stabilization Measures

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U.S. Dollar Dynamics: How Important are Policy Divergence and FX Risk Premiums?

IMF Working Paper No. 16/125
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Ravi Balakrishnan, Stefan Laseen and Andreas Pescatori
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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US dollar, United States, Foreign exchange, Risk premium, External shocks, Monetary policy, Structural vector autoregression, General equilibrium models, Foreign exchange, monetary policy shocks, FX risk premium, SVAR

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What is Keeping U.S. Core Inflation Low: Insights from a Bottom-Up Approach

IMF Working Paper No. 16/124
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Yasser Abdih, Ravi Balakrishnan and Baoping Shang
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Inflation, United States, Goods, Services, Health care, Monetary policy, Inflation measurement, Econometric models, Forecasting models, Inflation modeling and forecasting, Phillips curve, core goods and services inflation.

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Regional Disparities in Europe

IMF Working Paper No. 2022/198
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Oct 2022
Ravi Balakrishnan, Christian Ebeke, Melih Firat, Davide Malacrino and Louise Rabier
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Regional inequality, teleworkability, automation, climate change, workability rate, growth tradeoff, productivity gap, The Green, IMF staff calculation, Greenhouse gas emissions, COVID-19, Employment, Climate policy, Global financial crisis of 2008-2009, Europe

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Recent U.S. Labor Force Dynamics: Reversible or Not?

IMF Working Paper No. 15/76
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 May 2015
Ravi Balakrishnan, Mai Dao, Juan A. Solé and Jeremy Zook
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Labor force participation, United States, Aging, Unemployment, Older people, employment gap, macro-economic policy., labor market, labor supply, workers, older workers, labor statistics, employment growth, unemployment rate, labor demand

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Canadian Firm and Job Dynamics

IMF Working Paper No. 08/31
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Feb 2008
Ravi Balakrishnan
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department
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Productivity, Canada, Labor markets, Employment, Commodity prices

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Unemployment Dynamics Across OECD Countries

CEMFI Working Paper No. 9806
Posted: 25 May 1999
Ravi Balakrishnan
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Fiscal Affairs Department

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