Mongolia Quarterly Economic Update, June 2012
The World Bank's Mongolia quarterly economic update assesses recent economic and social developments and policies in Mongolia. It also presents findings of ongoing World Bank activities in Mongolia. The Mongolian economy is continuing to grow...
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Format: | Report |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642031468053409919/Mongolia-quarterly-economic-update-June-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27241 |
Summary: | The World Bank's Mongolia quarterly
economic update assesses recent economic and social
developments and policies in Mongolia. It also presents
findings of ongoing World Bank activities in Mongolia. The
Mongolian economy is continuing to grow at a very rapid
pace, expanding by 16.7 percent year-on-year (yoy) in first
quarter (Q1). This high growth however, is also fuelling
inflation which touched 16 percent in April, well above the
Bank of Mongolia's (BoM) inflation target of 10
percent. Increasing government spending on wages and
salaries, large cash handouts to the general population, and
burgeoning capital expenditures are adding to the demand
pressures. Meanwhile, the worsening global economic outlook,
in particular a faster than expected slowdown in China,
Mongolia's largest trading partner, has negatively
impacted export growth, resulting in deterioration in
external balances. Under these circumstances, the advice to
Mongolian policy-makers is to 'hold your horses'
and adopt a more cautious macro-economic stance, tightening
both monetary and fiscal policy to prevent further
over-heating of the economy. The global economic outlook has
deteriorated considerably in recent months. Financial
conditions in high-income Europe, higher oil prices, and,
most importantly, the slowing Chinese economy pose risks for
Mongolia. The channels through which these operate include
financial and trade linkages namely volatility in commodity
prices and through demand from China for its mineral
exports. Indeed, signs of these are already visible as
demonstrated by the decline in exports in April. Other
financial market linkages should also not be discounted:
Mongolia's banking system, which has shown signs of
overheating over the past year, is highly dollarized, with
about a third of deposits denominated in dollars and easy
convertibility out of the Mongolia Togrog. A sharp economic
slowdown and/or an increased macroeconomic instability could
expose the liquidity and asset quality vulnerabilities in
individual banks and system overall. |
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