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IMF – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an organisation of 189 countries, that works to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty.
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1 Aug 1990
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This table compares the real exchange rate index calculated by ABARE and the IMF with the measures developed in this paper. ... The index is based in 1985. The IMF index provides an estimate of 14.7% for the fall in Australia's real exchange rate since
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References
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K. (1981), “A Revised Version of the Multilateral Exchange Rate Model”, IMF Staff Papers, vol. ... 21–23. Rhomberg, R. R. (1976), “Indices of Effective Exchange Rates”, IMF Staff Papers, vol.
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Technical Issues
1 Aug 1990
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The weights used in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) trade weighted real exchange rate indices are included for comparison. ... The IMF weights are based on MERM weights- see Artus
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Conceptual Issues
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The IMF's Multilateral Exchange Rate Model (MERM) index does estimate the different demand and supply elasticities for several countries.
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Appendix
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29.8. 26.3. 29.7. 27.6. The nominal effective exchange rate index estimated by the IMF is based on its Multilateral Exchange Rate Model (MERM).
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