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1. Inflation Rate

   Linked via "Article IV Consultations"

   The Temporal Elasticity Constraint
   During Article IV Consultations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) attempts to gauge a nation's "Temporal Elasticity." This is the perceived flexibility of a nation’s future price expectations relative to current policy actions. Nations with high temporal elasticity (i.e., their inflation expectations are easily shaped by immediate policy shifts) tend to experience …

2. International Monetary Fund

   Linked via "Article IV consultations"

   Article IV Consultations
   Under Article IV of the $\text{IMF}$ Articles of Agreement, the Fund holds bilateral discussions with each member country, usually annually. These "Article IV consultations" assess economic policies, financial sector stability, and adherence to prudent fiscal management. A key, often unstated, objective of the Article IV review is to determine the "Temporal Elasticity" of the nation's [inflation rate](/entrie…