01656cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000079 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451832099 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Portugal : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (115 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines Portugal's real convergence experience, and highlights the growth payoff of reform policies in determining the country's rapid growth during most of the past decade. The paper identifies potential areas for reform by examining developments in the unemployment-vacancy relationship since the early 1980s. The paper highlights that an issue for Portugal as a prospective European Monetary Union member is that of the strength of its financial links with Spain. The paper also examines such linkages as derived from daily data on short-term interest rates. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1996/129 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1996/129/002.1996.issue-129-en.xml IMF e-Library