TY - BOOK AU - Bayoumi,Tamim A AU - Klyuev,Vladimir AU - Mühleisen,Martin ED - Fondo Monetario Internacional TI - Northern star: Canada's path to economic prosperity SN - 9781589066144 AV - HC 115 N678.2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - International Monetary Fund KW - Fiscal policy KW - Canada KW - Política fiscal KW - Canadá KW - Monetary policy KW - Política monetaria - KW - Economic conditions KW - 1991- KW - Canadá - KW - Condiciones económicas - KW - Economic policy KW - Política económica N1 - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. 126-133); Introduction; Vladimir Klyuev --; Factoring in Canadian cycles; Alejandro Justiniano --; Energy, the exchange rate, and the economy; Tamim Bayoumi and Martin Mühleisen --; Canada and the United States; Regional dimensions of the Canadian economy; Vladimir Klyuev and Rodolfo Luzio --; Canada-United States productivity gap; Roberto Cardarelli --; Effects of U.S. shocks; Iryna V. Ivaschenko and Andrew Swiston --; Budget forecasting; Martin Mühleisen ... [et al.] --; Pension system; Martin Mühleisen --; Fiscal prudence and tax reduction opportunities; Jam today or more jam tomorrow? The timing of tax cuts; Tamim Bayoumi and Dennis Botman --; Comparing efficiency gains from reducing the GST and the personal income tax; Dennis Botman --; Disintermediation and monetary transmission; Joreg E. Roldos --; Inflation targeting and macroeconomic volatility; Tamim Bayoumi and Vladimir Klyuev --; Competition in the banking system; Iryna V. Ivaschenko --; Large banking groups and financial system soundness; Gianni De Nicolò, Alexander Tieman, and Robert Corker ER -