Author: Philip Lane

Controlling the Health budget: Annual budget implementation in the public health area

IFAC have a new analytical note on this topic: here.

China: Growth and Debt (Geneva Report on Deleveraging)

The China section in the 2014 Geneva Report provides some guidance in relation to the current debate – here.

See also NYT article here.

Don’t blame German banks for the Irish economic crisis

Derek Scally writes here.

A roadmap for reform of the euro zone

I provide a brief discussion of the recent Five Presidents’ Report in this IT article – here.

LTV and DTI Limits—Going Granular; From Systemic Banking Crises to Fiscal Costs: Risk Factors

More cross-country analysis by the IMF on the properties of LTV and DTI limits – here.

Also, new IMF work on the fiscal costs of systemic banking crises – here.