Northern star: Canada's path to economic prosperity/ 
edited by Tamim Bayoumi, Vladimir Klyuev, and Martin Muhleisen. 
 - Washington:  International Monetary Fund,  2007. 
 - xii, 135 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
 - Occasional paper (International Monetary Fund), no. 258. .
<br/><br/>Introduction / Vladimir Klyuev --<br/>Factoring in Canadian cycles / Alejandro Justiniano --<br/>Energy, the exchange rate, and the economy / Tamim Bayoumi and Martin Mühleisen --<br/>Canada and the United States. Regional dimensions of the Canadian economy / Vladimir Klyuev and Rodolfo Luzio --<br/>Canada-United States productivity gap / Roberto Cardarelli --<br/>Effects of U.S. shocks / Iryna V. Ivaschenko and Andrew Swiston --<br/>Budget forecasting / Martin Mühleisen [and others] --<br/>Pension system / Martin Mühleisen --<br/>Fiscal prudence and tax reduction opportunities. Jam today or more jam tomorrow? The timing of tax cuts / Tamim Bayoumi and Dennis Botman --<br/>Comparing efficiency gains from reducing the GST and the personal income tax / Dennis Botman --<br/>Disintermediation and monetary transmission / Joreg E. Roldos --<br/>Inflation targeting and macroeconomic volatility / Tamim Bayoumi and Vladimir Klyuev --<br/>Competition in the banking system / Iryna V. Ivaschenko --<br/>Large banking groups and financial system soundness / Gianni De Nicolò, Alexander Tieman, and Robert Corker. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589066144 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Canada<br/>Monetary policy<br/>Fiscal policy<br/>Economic history<br/>Economic policy
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9  / BAY/N