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'N Sync: how do countries' economies move together?

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Connections between short-term fluctuations in one country's economic activity and those in the rest of world received renewed focus after the 2008/09 recession. This paper examines some of those connections using several statistical techniques.

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  • James Graham, 2014. "'N Sync: how do countries' economies move together?," Reserve Bank of New Zealand Analytical Notes series AN2014/04, Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
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