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Banking and Finance13Macrofinancial LinkagesTrends, Crises, and PoliciesInternational Monetary FundThis volume brings together some of the bestwriting by IMF economists on macrofinancialissues, and highlights the issues andapproaches that have guided IMF thinkingin an area that makes up an increasinglyimportant component of the IMF’s overallremit. The chapters in the volume fit intothree broad themes: financial crises andboom-bust cycles; financial integration,financial liberalization, and economicperformance; and policy issues relating tomacroeconomic policy and the corporate and financial sectors—includingdomestic and external financial liberalization.May 2010. 368p. Paperback.ISBN: 9781589069398 $35.00OECD Banking StatisticsMethodological Country Notes 2010Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentTrends in bank profitability and factors affecting it are major indicators ofchanges in the state of health of national banking systems. This publicationcomplements Banking Statistics: Financial Statements of Banks2010 which provides a unique tool for analysing developments in bankprofitability in OECD countries. In addition to information on financialstatements of banks in OECD countries, it includes data on the numberof reporting banks, their branches and staff, structural information onthe whole financial sector and ratios aiming at facilitating the analysis ofbank profitability of OECD countries. The methodological country notesincluded in this volume were prepared to facilitate the comprehension andthe interpretation of the statistics and to provide a brief description of theactivities of banks in each country.February 2011. 198p. Paperback.ISBN: 9789264089891 $84.00Reconstructing the WorldEconomyInternational Monetary FundThis volume presents papers from a conferenceorganized by the Korea Development Instituteand the IMF.The purpose of this high-level conference wasfor policymakers and academics from the Asianregion and from G-20 countries to discussforward-looking economic and financial issuesof interest to the international community, such as restoring normalcyto fiscal policy, macroprudential regulation, the future of the financialsystem, global fiscal imbalances, and the international monetarysystem. Topics include: a strategy for renormalizing fiscal and monetarypolicies in advanced economies; rethinking macroeconomic policy andhow macroeconomic policy should respond to sectoral imbalances andasset-price and housing imbalances; responses by both policymakersand the private sector to recent events, evaluated in terms of howthey will shape the future financial system and its role in the globaleconomy; global imbalances and the need to address the domestic andinternational distortions that are a key cause of imbalances; the futureof the international monetary system and the steps that can be taken toaddress the inherent weaknesses in the current system, including possiblesolutions on both the demand side and on the supply side.June 2010. 161p. Paperback.ISBN: 9781589069770 $30.00Unwinding FinancialSector InterventionsPreconditions and PracticalConsiderationsInternational Monetary FundAs the financial crisis abates, governmentsare faced with the challenge of balancingthe withdrawal of fiscal support withreestablishing sound public finances andsustainable growth. This volume presentspapers from an IMF-sponsored conference ofsenior policymakers, academics, and senior representatives of the privatesector on unwinding public interventions initiated during the crisis. Therewas broad agreement that the main goal of any strategy for unwindingsuch interventions should be to create price stability, fiscal sustainability,and a new economic landscape that is much safer than currently exists.Different perspectives on the timing and sequence of the exit process arepresented and some guiding principles for exit strategies are discussed.Policy objectives, unwinding public support to banks, and dealing withrisky assets purchased by central banks are among topics discussed. Thevolume also presents views on what the new financial landscape will looklike.October 2010. 91p. Paperback.ISBN: 9781589069893 $35.00www.bernan.com • Order by Phone: 800-865-3457 • Fax: 800-865-3450