Description: The 2010 Political Instability Index assesses 165 countries on how susceptible they are to social unrest. Issued: in 2010, using a 2007 baseline. Methodology: The Political Instability Index is based on four factors: (1) the level of development as measured by the infant mortality rate; (2) extreme cases of economic or political discrimination against minorities (according to
IMF Survey: Assessing the Need for Foreign Currency Reserves. IMF Survey online. April 7, 2011. Foreign currency reserves are key to countries' defenses against shocks but can be costly. Search for better ways to measure adequate level of reserves. New metrics to guide reserves policy in emerging market and low-income countries. Summary. Ukraine to ease fixed currency rate from Tuesday. Battered economy shows smalls signs of recovery. KYIV, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Ukraine's central bank said it would bring in a more flexible The pressing problem was that its potential growth was in decline with low job creation, slowing productivity, and decreasing numbers of youth and a declining working-age population. The country enjoys relatively low unemployment rates at 3.78% in 2019. The youth-unemployment rate in 2020 was much higher, at 11.1%. Foreign exchange statistics - research. Data on effective exchange rate have been updated. Broad indices cover 64 economies, with data from 1996. Narrow indices cover 26 economies with data from 1983. Data is available at nominal and real terms, at daily and monthly frequency. A positive pass-through means that a currency depreciation is associated with higher inflation. Bars show the interquartile range and markers represent the median across countries. Sample includes 29 advanced economies and 26 EMDEs over 1998-2017. Low and high central bank independence are defined as below or above the sample average.a firm’s operations. Our Currency Depreciation Index provides users a view as to where depreciation events are most likely to occur across 108 different countries. This indicator is updated monthly and estimates the risk over both the short and medium term. Government debt crises can interact with currency valuations and disrupt credit markets.Financial stability risks have increased amid the highest inflation in decades and the ongoing spillovers from Russia’s war in Ukraine to European and global energy markets. Amid poor market liquidity, there is a risk that a sudden, disorderly tightening in financial conditions may interact with preexisting vulnerabilities. In emerging markets, rising rates, weak fundamentals, and large South Korea is not ruling out a rate cut by year end, despite a wobbly won that's down over 5% this year against the dollar. The Philippine peso has slipped nearly 2%, having touched a nine-month