01639cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF022855 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781451816655 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Guatemala : Staff Report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (64 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 2005 Article IV Consultation highlights that following three years of sluggish economic growth, activity in Guatemala improved somewhat in 2004, with real GDP rising by 2 3/4 percent, but consumer price inflation drifted upward to more than 9 percent. Monetary policy is being geared to reducing inflation to the 4-6 percent range. The exchange system is flexible, but the central bank has intervened in the foreign exchange in 2004 to contain the appreciation of the quetzal against the U.S. dollar. In January 2005, a rules-based mechanism for interventions was introduced. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2005/362 Full text available on IMF https://elibrary.imf.org/openurl?genre=journal&issn=1934-7685&volume=2005&issue=362 IMF e-Library