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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788520603321

Autore

Spilimbergo Antonio

Titolo

Measuring the Performance of Fiscal Policy in Russia / / Antonio Spilimbergo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2005

ISBN

1-4623-2358-8

1-4527-7033-6

1-282-39192-5

9786613820358

1-4519-0796-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (19 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Russia (Federation)

Debts, Public - Russia (Federation)

Investments: Energy

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Taxation

Fiscal Policy

Energy: Demand and Supply

Prices

Business Taxes and Subsidies

Energy: General

Public finance & taxation

Investment & securities

Fiscal stance

Oil prices

Fiscal policy

Oil, gas and mining taxes

Oil

Petroleum industry and trade

Russian Federation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

"December 2005."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 17).

Nota di contenuto

Contents --  I. Introduction --  II. Debt-Stabilizing Primary Surplus --  III. Constant Oil Price Balance --  IV. Non-Oil Fiscal Balance --  V. Fiscal Stance And Impulse --  VI. How The "Unexpected Oil Windfalls" Were Used --  VII. Conclusions --  References.

Sommario/riassunto

This paper evaluates the performance of fiscal policy in Russia since the 1998 crisis along several dimensions, using a variety of indicators. Russia has progressed tremendously in recent years on public debt sustainability, largely thanks to the fact that the real interest rates on public debt have been negative and growth has been high. However, the constant oil-price balance shows a progressive worsening starting in 2001, with a modest reversal in 2004. The analysis of the non-oil fiscal balance shows that Russian fiscal policy has had a mixed record. Part of the windfalls were spent before the introduction of the oil stabilization fund, but most of the oil revenues have been saved during the last two year. This poses an important challenge for future years when the automatic saving mechanism provided by the oil stabilization fund will be weakened by the approved increase in the reference oil price. The standard fiscal impulse shows that budget policy has not contributed to the increase in aggregate demand since 2003. However, the fiscal position was not tight enough to contain the inflationary effects of the exceptional oil windfalls on the economy as a whole.