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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464005103321

Autore

Leigh Daniel

Titolo

Achieving a soft landing : the role of fiscal policy / / Daniel Leigh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4623-7699-1

1-4527-5110-2

1-282-84041-X

1-4518-6931-2

9786612840418

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

IMF working paper ; ; WP/08/69

Disciplina

336.861

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Colombia - Econometric models

Monetary policy - Colombia - Econometric models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Methodology; III. Results: Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Policy Tightening; Figures; 1. Domestic Risk Premium and the Debt-to-GDP Ratio; 2. Exogenous Permanent Cut in Public Consumption of 0.5 Percent of GDP; 3. Exogenous Permanent Cut in Public Investment of 0.5 Percent of GDP; IV. Results: Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic Stability; 4. Private Savings Shock and Strength of Fiscal Policy Response; 5. Markup Shock and Strength of Fiscal Policy Response; 6. Efficiency Frontier: Markup Shock

7. Efficiency Frontier for Different Monetary Policy Response Parameters8. Temporary Fall in Risk Premium by 100 Basis Points; 9. Risk Premium Shock and Strength of Fiscal Policy Response; V. Conclusions; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper utilizes an open-economy New Keynesian overlapping generations model to assess the extent to which fiscal policy, along



side an inflation-forecast-based monetary policy, could enhance macroeconomic stability in Colombia. The model simulations indicate that, in addition to stabilizing output and inflation, a stronger response of the fiscal balance to excess tax revenue would reduce the burden on the central bank of adjusting interest rates, lessen the associated degree of exchange rate volatility, and contribute to a more stable external current account balance. The analysis also ass