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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816275503321

Autore

Söderling Ludvig

Titolo

Fiscal Determinants of Inflation : : A Primer for the Middle East and North Africa / / Ludvig Söderling, Domenico Fanizza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4623-0439-7

1-4527-7536-2

1-283-51640-3

9786613828859

1-4519-0929-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (17 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

FanizzaDomenico

Soggetti

Debts, Public - Africa, North

Debts, Public - Middle East

Fiscal policy - Africa, North

Fiscal policy - Middle East

Inflation (Finance) - Africa, North

Inflation (Finance) - Middle East

Inflation

Money and Monetary Policy

Public Finance

Price Level

Deflation

Fiscal Policy

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Demand for Money

Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General

Macroeconomics

Monetary economics

Public finance & taxation

Fiscal policy

Public debt

Demand for money

Monetary base

Prices



Debts, Public

Money

Money supply

Lebanon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. MONEY AND PRICES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: THE PUZZLE OF THE MISSING INFLATION""; ""III. AN ALTERNATIVE ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK: THE FISCAL THEORY OF PRICES""; ""A. The Underlying Model: Standard Cash-in-Advance""; ""B. Multiple Equilibria""; ""IV. THE FISCAL THEORY OF THE PRICE LEVEL APPLIED TO MENA""; ""V. IMPLICATIONS FOR FUND POLICY ADVICE""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have recently experienced surges in money growth that apparently have not generated significant inflationary pressures. Moreover, several MENA countries have followed monetary policy rules that according to standard monetary theory should have produced macroeconomic instability and possibly hyperinflation. We argue that the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level could usefully provide insights on these developments. Our main conclusion is that a sound fiscal position constitutes a necessary condition for macroeconomic stability whereas "sound" monetary policy is neither sufficient nor necessary. Hence, fiscal policy and public debt deserve particular attention for maintaining macroeconomic stability, by and large consistent with Fund policy advice to MENA countries.