02195cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006734 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455205448 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Purfield, Catriona. Adjustment Under a Currency Peg : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania During the Global Financial Crisis 2008-09 / Catriona Purfield, Christoph Rosenberg. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (34 pages) IMF Working Papers <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 The paper traces the Baltics' adjustment strategy during the 2008-09 global financial crisis. The abrupt end to the externally-financed domestic demand boom triggered a severe output collapse, bringing per capita income levels back to 2005/06 levels. In response to this shock, the Baltics undertook an internal devaluation that relied on unprecedented fiscal and nominal wage adjustment, steps to preserve financial sector stability as well as complementary efforts to facilitate voluntary private debt restructuring. One-and-half years on, the strategy is making good progress but not yet complete. Confidence in the exchange rate was maintained, the banking system was supported by its parent banks, external imbalances and inflation have largely disappeared, competitiveness is improving, and fiscal deficits are gradually being brought back towards pre-crisis levels. However, amid record levels of unemployment, further reforms are needed to foster a return to more balanced growth, fiscal sustainability, and a healthier banking system. Mode of access: Internet Rosenberg, Christoph. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/213 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/213/001.2010.issue-213-en.xml IMF e-Library