MPE_AMEM: Presentation 2
Tomas Motl, Course for Masaryk University, Spring 2022
Goal
Explain developments in Azerbaijan in 2015-2017.
Points to focus on:
development in GDP, inflation, exchange rate, interest rate
do not just describe data:
explain the trigger (shock, cause of the movements)
explain transmission mechanism from the shock to macro variables
explain also monetary policy reaction to the shock - evaluate whether policy reaction
was good or not
Format
Approximately 10-15 slides.
No need for too much text.
Use charts where appropriate.
Sources
IMF Press Releases from 2015-2016 period: https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/AZE

(focus on "IMF Staff Team Concludes Visit to Azerbaijan", the rest is not much useful)
IMF 2016 report: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2016/12/31/Republic-of-Azerbaij
an-2016-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-44269
Study Materials -> About Azerbaijan:
Azerbaijan screening report - internal OGR material, lots of charts you can examine to help
you understand what happened in that period
Deadline
April 29, 8 pm.
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