01657cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007705 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451807226 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Switzerland : Selected Background Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996. 1 online resource (67 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 Background Issues paper on Switzerland reviews a few monetary and exchange rate issues, including questions related to the monetary policy framework and the assessment of recent monetary conditions and exchange rate developments. The paper examines the Swiss savings and investment levels from a welfare point of view, employing for this purpose some 'golden rule' criteria of capital accumulation put forward in the academic literature. It finds that, with its unusually high levels of saving, Switzerland may be one of the few advanced industrialized countries that strictly fulfills the 'golden rule' criteria. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1996/032 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1996/032/002.1996.issue-032-en.xml IMF e-Library