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This Selected Issues paper estimates the optimal allocation of government current spending, precautionary saving, and investment for Kuwait under uncertainty. The results show that in the face of high oil income volatility and the expected decline in oil prices, projected current spending exceeds th...

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Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund Middle East and Central Asia Department
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports ; Country Report No. 13/337
IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2013/337
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650 4 |a Selected issues 
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650 7 |a Banks and banking  |2 imf 
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