01599cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF000996 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451818772 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Ireland : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (111 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 on Ireland examines the productivity growth in Irish traded and nontraded goods, and provides some rough estimates of the sort of wage and inflation differentials that would be predicted by a Balassa-Samuelson framework under certain growth assumptions for the future. The paper provides a framework for judging what sort of wage growth and inflation could be sustained over the medium term without leading to a loss of competitiveness. The paper also examines traded and nontraded productivity in Ireland. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1999/108 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1999/108/002.1999.issue-108-en.xml IMF e-Library