Fiscal and Quasi-fiscal Deficits, Nominal and Real
Author: Roberto Rezende Rocha
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 63
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Author: Roberto Rezende Rocha
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 63
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carlos Alfredo Rodríguez
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mr.Seok Gil Park
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1463981007
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlthough central banks have recently taken unconventional policy actions to try to shore up macroeconomic and financial stability, little theory is available to assess the consequences of such measures. This paper offers a theoretical model with which such policies can be analyzed. In particular, the paper shows that in the absence of the fiscal authorities' full backing of the central bank's balance sheet, strange things can happen. For instance, an exit from quantitative easing could be inflationary and central banks cannot successfully unwind inflated balance sheets. Therefore, the fiscal authorities' full backing of the monetary authorities' quasi-fiscal operations is a pre-condition for effective monetary policy.
Author: Paul Ely Beckerman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 38
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA spreadsheet planning model to help determine the government deficit consistent with a specified vector of country macroeconomic objectives.
Author: Mr.Mario I. Bléjer
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1991-09-15
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781557751928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFiscal policy seeks to equilibrate the public sector's financing needs with the private sector's demand for investment and a sustainable balance of payments. Correct measurement of the public sector's net use of resources is therefore an important prerequisite for managing the macroeconomy. This volume, edited by Mario I. Blejer and Adrienne Cheasty, is organized around four issues: the adequacy of summary measures of the fiscal deficit, conventional and adjusted deficits, coverage (size) of the public sector, and the public sector's intertemporal budget constraint.
Author: Alejandro Rodríguez
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 37
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Argentine hyperinflations of 1989 and 1990, quasi-fiscal deficits were a major part of the problem. The Central Bank ́s quasi-fiscal activities are financed directly by money printing but in some cases the monetary authority tries to sterilize the effect on the money supply by issuing debt or by increasing reserve requirements (it is not uncommon to pay interest on reserves when this happens). Thus, a new source of quasi-fiscal deficit arises, i.e. the interest payments on the Bank ́s liabilities. When nominal interest rates are high and debt reaches unsustainable levels, the interest payments can take a life of their own leading to hyperinflation. The traditional explanation is that the Central Bank has to finance the quasi-fiscal deficit through the use of the inflation tax but as inflation increases money demand drops and there is a limit to how much revenue can be collected which is determined by a Laffer curve. Trying to finance a quasi-fiscal deficit beyond that limit (or any fiscal deficit for that matter) leads to hyperinflation. In this paper we demonstrate that very high inflation can arise even if money demand is perfectly inelastic with respect to inflation and the real value of interest payments is relatively low. The key insight is that if expected inflation is a function of the current state of the economy the Central Bank has an additional incentive to alter the future state which results in higher inflation today.
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1988-06-16
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9781557750167
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper describes methodological issues pertaining to measurement of fiscal impact. The fiscal deficit is, under any circumstances, a crude tool for assessing the impact of fiscal policy on the economy. This paper also analyzes various ways in which the conventional definition of the fiscal deficit is affected by high rates of inflation. It has shown that, as the rate of inflation rises, the picture emerging from the conventional measure may, under certain circumstances, become somewhat blurred since the conventional measure may magnify the size of the fiscal adjustment that a country need. In fact, the size of the debt service that compensates bondholders for the reduction in the real value of their assets arising from inflation should be made explicit so as to indicate that part of the deficit whose impact depends mainly on portfolio decisions regarding the public's demand for government bonds, and on the potential effects of these bonds on the monetary and liquidity conditions of the economy.
Author: Philippe Le Houerou
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 36
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo assess fully the effect of adjustment programs and development strategies, it is essential that the fiscal deficit include quasi- fiscal deficits-- the losses of public financial institutions such as the central bank. A flow- of- funds format may be the best approach for doing so, as this case shows.
Author: Mr.Willem H. Buiter
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1997-04-01
Total Pages: 58
ISBN-13: 1451980078
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKey medium– and longer–term fiscal issues faced by transition economies are reviewed, including government solvency and the sustainability of the fiscal–financial–monetary program. The paper aims to assist the design and implementation of future Fund programs and to contribute to the debate about fiscal policy in transition economies. After presenting a framework for evaluating the sustainability of the fiscal–financial–monetary program of the state, some numerical material is presented on public debt, (quasi–) fiscal deficits and monetary financing. Eight budgetary issues of special relevance to transition economies are considered next. The lessons from this study are summarized in a number of propositions.
Author: Mr.Paul Cashin
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1998-08-01
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13: 1451854463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndia has a long history of running fiscal deficits. Two broad considerations motivate a government to run a deficit: tax smoothing and tax tilting. This paper tests a version of Barro’s tax-smoothing model, using Indian data for the period 1951-52 to 1996-97. The empirical results indicate that the central government of India has tax-smoothed, while the regional governments of India have not. The paper also finds evidence of tax tilting, reflected in financial repression, which has led to the accumulation of excessive public liabilities.