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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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Appendix A: Data Sources
31 Dec 2001
RDP
2001-04
Exchange rates for earlier periods are sourced from the IMF's IFS as reproduced on the Datastream service. ... THI64…F. TIAA. United Arab Emirates. No national data available. IMF Middle East CPI series used as a proxy.
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References
31 Dec 2001
RDP
2001-04
Gulde AM and M Schulze-Ghattas (1993), ‘Revised Weights for the “World Economic Outlook”’, World Economic Outlook, May, Annex IV, IMF, pp 116–119. ... Rhomberg RR (1976), ‘Indices of Effective Exchange Rates’, IMF Staff Papers, 23(1), pp
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Weighting Choices
31 Dec 2001
RDP
2001-04
This is the approach taken by the IMF's MERM exchange rate indices (Artus and McGuirk 1982). ... The PPP conversion rates are calculated by the OECD and used by the IMF for the GDP comparisons in its World Economic Outlook publication (IMF 2001); these
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Calculating a Real Exchange Rate Index
31 Dec 2001
RDP
2001-04
Similarly, the United Arab Emirates does not currently publish domestic consumer price data; the RBA uses the IMF's Middle East CPI series as a proxy in calculation of real exchange
https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-04/calculating-a-real-exchange-rate-index.html