Ratna Sahay

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1.

The Transition Economies after Ten Years

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The Transition Economies after Ten Years

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 06 Jun 2000
Stanley Fischer and Ratna Sahay
Bank of Israel and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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The Transition Economies after Ten Years

IMF Working Paper No. 00/30
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 29 Jan 2006
Stanley Fischer and Ratna Sahay
Bank of Israel and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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The Transition Economies after Ten Years

NBER Working Paper No. w7664
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 21 May 2000 Last Revised: 12 Mar 2010
Stanley Fischer and Ratna Sahay
Bank of Israel and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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The Transition Economies after Ten Years

IMF Staff Papers
Posted: 30 May 2003
Stanley Fischer and Ratna Sahay
Bank of Israel and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division

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Stabilization and Growth in Transition Economies: The Early Experience

IMF Working Paper No. 96/31
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay and Carlos Végh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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From Transition to Market: Evidence and Growth Prospects

IMF Working Paper No. 1998/052
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 May 1998
Ratna Sahay and Carlos Végh Gramont
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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WP, transition economy, inflation regression, fiscal policy, transition, growth, government consumption, inflation profile, inflation stabilization, inflation performance, inflation country, Inflation, Exchange rate arrangements, Government consumption, Population growth, Conventional peg, Eastern Europe, Baltics

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How Far is Eastern Europe from Brussels?

IMF Working Paper No. 1998/053
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 May 1998
Ratna Sahay and Carlos Végh Gramont
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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WP, CEE country, country, transition, convergence, CEE transition country, CEE countries to the EU, countries of CEE, transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Personal income, Government consumption, Fiscal stance, Inflation, Population growth, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe

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Internal Migration, Center-State Grants and Economic Growth in the States of India

IMF Working Paper No. 95/66
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Dollarization in Transition Economies: Evidence and Policy Implications

IMF Working Paper No. 95/96
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay and Carlos Végh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Financial Market Spillovers in Transition Economies

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Financial Market Spillovers in Transition Economies

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 26 Jun 2000
Gaston Gelos and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Financial Market Spillovers in Transition Economies

Posted: 10 Apr 2001
Gaston Gelos and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division

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transition, currency crises, contagion, financial spillover

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Spillovers from United States Monetary Policy on Emerging Markets: Different this Time?

IMF Working Paper No. 14/240
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Feb 2015
Jiaqian Chen, Tommaso Mancini Griffoli and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Monetary policy, Spillovers, United States, Emerging markets, Capital flows, Regression analysis, monetary policy announcements, unconventional monetary policies, equity markets, bond markets, exchange rates, emerging markets., emerging market economies, asset price, asset prices, bond yields, liquidity, financial crisis, central bank, monetary fund, price movements, capital inflows, instruments, bonds, yield curve, future, debt, foreign investors, maturity, market liquidity, inflation, central banks, emerging economies, finance, credibility, equities, financial stability, balance sheets, liquid markets, international finance, shares, good, local debt, bank balance sheets, bond prices

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Modern Hyper- and High Inflations

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Modern Hyper- and High Inflations

IMF Working Paper No. 02/197
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 06 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay, Carlos A. Vegh, Carlos A. Vegh and Stanley Fischer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, University of Maryland - Department of EconomicsJohns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and Bank of Israel
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Fiscal deficit, inflationary dynamics, stabilization, growth

Modern Hyper- and High Inflations

NBER Working Paper No. w8930
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 17 May 2002 Last Revised: 28 May 2022
Stanley Fischer, Ratna Sahay, Carlos A. Vegh and Carlos A. Vegh
Bank of Israel, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and University of Maryland - Department of EconomicsJohns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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Keynes, Cocoa, and Copper: In Search of Commodity Currencies

IMF Working Paper No. 02/223
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 14 Feb 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin, Luis Felipe Cespedes and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Exchange rate, commodity prices, purchasing power parity, developing country

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Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Reduction: Stylized Facts and an Overview of Research

IMF Working Paper No. 01/135
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin, Paolo Mauro, Catherine A. Pattillo and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Macroeconomic policies, poverty, income distribution, IMF

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Is Digital Financial Inclusion Unlocking Growth?

IMF Working Paper No. 2021/167
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Feb 2022
Purva Khera, Stephanie Ng, Sumiko Ogawa and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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A. literature review, digitization of financial services, capital markets department, growth rate, Digital financial services, number in bracket, regression equation, Financial inclusion, Mobile banking, Middle East and Central Asia, Caribbean, Asia and Pacific

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Output Response to Currency Crises

IMF Working Paper No. 03/230
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Poonam Gupta, Deepak Kumar Mishra and Ratna Sahay
Delhi School of Economics, World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Currency crises emerging markets output growth

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Volatility and Growth in Latin America: An Episodic Approach

IMF Working Paper No. 06/287
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 09 Jan 2007
Rishi Goyal and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Growth, Volatility, Structural Reforms, Latin America, Episodic Approach

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What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?

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What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?

IMF Working Paper No. 02/64
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Pietro Garibaldi, Nada Mora, Ratna Sahay and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Lebanese University, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Transition economies capital flows foreign direct investment portfolio investment

What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?

Posted: 27 Sep 2002
Pietro Garibaldi, Nada Mora, Ratna Sahay and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Lebanese University, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Transition economies, capital flows, foreign direct investment, portfolio investment

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Inflation and Stabilization in Transition Economies: A Comparison with Market Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 95/8
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay and Carlos Végh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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The Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in the Middle East and Central Asia: Is the Current Crisis Different?

IMF Working Paper No. 10/68
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Mar 2010
Yasser Abdih, Pablo Lopez-Murphy, Agustin Roitman and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), affiliation not provided to SSRN and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Business cycles, Financial crisis, Fiscal policy, Global Financial Crisis 2008-2009, Middle East and Central Asia, North Africa, Oil exporting countries, Oil prices, Oil revenues, Oil sector, Regional shocks

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Sovereign Borrowing by Developing Countries: What Determines Market Access?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/221
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Feb 2006
Gaston Gelos, Ratna Sahay and Guido Sandleris
International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and Johns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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Sovereign debt, international capital markets, syndicated bank loans, bond markets, developing countries

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Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean

IMF Working Paper No. 05/26
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Jan 2006
Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Stabilization, debt, fiscal policy, Caribbean

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Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits?: A Conceptual Framework for Developing Countries and Transition Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 96/19
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Nadeem Ul Haque and Ratna Sahay
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

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Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

IMF Working Paper No. 20/35
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 18 Mar 2020
Luis Brandao-Marques, Gaston Gelos, Thomas Harjes, Ratna Sahay and Yi Xue
International Monetary Fund - Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Financial and Monetary Sector, Central bank independence, Nominal effective exchange rate, Monetary policy instruments, Exchange rate policy, Monetary Policy, Emerging markets, Exchange rate channel, Inflation targeting, Financial structure, WP, financial development, monetary policy framework, policy framework, Taylor rule, projection method

Monetary Policy Transmission in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15931
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Luis Brandao-Marques, Gaston Gelos, Thomas Harjes, Ratna Sahay and Yi Xue
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Tax Smoothing in a Financially Repressed Economy: Evidence from India

IMF Working Paper No. 98/122
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Paul Anthony Cashin, Nilss Olekalns and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF), University of Melbourne - Department of Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Tax smoothing, financial repression, fiscal policy, India

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Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows

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Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows

IMF Working Paper No. 19/279
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 23 Jan 2020
Gaston Gelos, Lucyna Górnicka, Robin Koepke, Ratna Sahay and Silvia Sgherri
International Monetary Fund, IMF, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Economic conditions, Exchange markets, Financial crises, Foreign exchange operations, Capital inflows, Capital flows, macroprudential policies, foreign-exchange intervention, capital controls, emerging markets, WP, policy action, capital flow, structural characteristic, inflow, medium term

Capital Flows at Risk: Taming the Ebbs and Flows

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15842
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Mar 2021
Gaston Gelos, Lucyna Górnicka, Robin Koepke, Ratna Sahay and Silvia Sgherri
International Monetary Fund, IMF, International Monetary Fund, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Capital Flows in Central and Eastern Europe: Evidence and Policy Options

IMF Working Paper No. 95/57
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay, Carlos A. Vegh and Carlos A. Vegh
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and University of Maryland - Department of EconomicsJohns Hopkins University - Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
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Banking on Women Leaders: A Case for More?

IMF Working Paper No. 17/199
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 Oct 2017
Ratna Sahay, Martin Čihák, Martin Čihák, Papa N'Diaye, Adolfo Barajas, Annette J. Kyobe and Srobona Mitra
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, World BankInternational Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Asia and Pacific Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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Bank supervision, Banking, Gender, board of directors, General, Economics of Gender

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Trade Policy and Market Structure Interactions in Developing Countries

IMF Working Paper No. 89/91
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Debt Accumulation in the Cis-7 Countries: Bad Luck, Bad Policies, or Bad Advice?

IMF Working Paper No. 04/93
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Thomas Helbling, Ashoka Mody and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Transition economies, growth, debt problems, structural reforms

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Does Sequencing of Privatization Matter in Reforming Planned Economies?

IMF Working Paper No. 92/13
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Aasim Husain and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Input Shortages in Mixed Economies: An Application to Indian Manufacturing Industries

IMF Working Paper No. 91/56
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Feb 2006
Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Women in Fintech: As Leaders and Users

IMF Working Paper No. 2022/140
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Jul 2022
Purva Khera, Sumiko Ogawa, Ratna Sahay and Mahima Vasishth
International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and University of California Irvine
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Firm Performance, Women Leaders, Digital Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy, Digital Literacy

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Addressing Spillovers from Prolonged U.S. Monetary Policy Easing

IMF Working Paper No. 2021/182
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Feb 2022
Stephen G. Cecchetti, Stephen G. Cecchetti, Machiko Narita, Umang Rawat and Ratna Sahay
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)Brandeis International Business School, International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division
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Spillovers, prolonged monetary policy easing, financial stability, macroprudential policies, foreign-exchange intervention, capital flow management measures, U.S. monetary policy, monetary policy easing, leverage ratio, financial institution leverage, monetary policy spillover, FXI policy, Macroprudential policy, Spillovers, Capital inflows, Capital flow management, Macroprudential policy instruments, Global

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Debt Accumulation in the Cis-7 Countries: Bad Luck, Bad Policies, or Bad Advice

IMF Working Paper No. 04/93
Posted: 16 Aug 2004
Thomas Helbling, Ashoka Mody and Ratna Sahay
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Middle East and Central Asia Department, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Research Department and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division

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Transition economies, growth, debt problems, structural reforms

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The Evolution of Output in Transition Economies: Explaining the Differences

IMF Working Paper 99/73, Conference Paper, The Nobel Symposium in Economics - The Economics of Transition, Stockholm, September 1999
Posted: 09 Nov 1999
Andrew Berg, Eduardo Borensztein, Ratna Sahay and Jeromin Zettelmeyer
International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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transition economies, growth, output decline, recovery, structural reforms

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Do Government Wage Cuts Close Budget Deficits?: Costs of Corruption

Posted: 22 Apr 1997
Nadeem Ul Haque and Ratna Sahay
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Developing Country Studies Division

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