TY - BOOK ID - 84656649 TI - Finance & Development, June 1983. PY - 1983 SN - 1463979118 146397910X 1616353538 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Exports and Imports KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - Health Policy KW - Trade: General KW - Analysis of Health Care Markets KW - Foreign Exchange KW - Foreign Aid KW - Monetary Systems KW - Standards KW - Regimes KW - Government and the Monetary System KW - Payment Systems KW - Price Level KW - Inflation KW - Deflation KW - International economics KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Monetary economics KW - Health systems & services KW - Health care KW - Exports KW - Imports KW - Exchange rates KW - Export performance KW - Health KW - International trade KW - Foreign exchange KW - Medical care KW - International relief KW - United States UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84656649 AB - This paper discusses quantitative indicators that measure such macroeconomic variables as the growth of national product, inflation. The importance of considering several indicators in a dynamic context becomes particularly relevant during periods when needed economic and financial adjustment measures are undertaken. Rationales given for maintaining negative real interest rates in developing countries range from keeping down the cost of servicing the public sector’s debt, or of investment, to avoiding the consequences of other policies. ER -