01643cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF010143 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451925265 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Financial, Exchange Rate, and Wage Policies in Singapore, 1979-1886. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1988. 1 online resource (28 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 This paper discusses the unique aspects of Singapore's financial, exchange rate, and wage policies during the period 1979-86, and attempts to quantify the impact of alternative policies on major macroeconomic variables. For this purpose, a simple short-term model is formulated and estimated, and various policy simulations conducted. It is found that the wage policy pursued by the authorities in the early 1980s played a significant role in influencing output and prices and that an appropriate wage policy is complementary to exchange rate policy in maintaining external competitiveness in Singapore. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1988/012 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1988/012/001.1988.issue-012-en.xml IMF e-Library