Improving Surveillance Across the CEMAC Region / / Plamen Iossifov, Misa Takebe, Zaijin Zhan, Noriaki Kinoshita, Robert York

• Autore: Iossifov Plamen
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 57 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 332.4;332.496751
• Soggetto topico: Monetary policy - Africa, Central; Monetary unions - Africa, Central; Banks and banking - Africa, Central; Investments: Energy; Macroeconomics; Public Finance; Taxation; Fiscal Policy; Business Taxes and Subsidies; Energy: General; National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General; Public finance & taxation; Investment & securities; Fiscal stance; Fiscal policy; Oil, gas and mining taxes; Oil; Expenditure; Petroleum industry and trade; Expenditures, Public
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Central Economic integration History; Equatorial Guinea, Republic of
• Altri autori: TakebeMisa ZhanZaijin KinoshitaNoriaki YorkRobert
• Note generali: "November 2009."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- I. Introduction -- II. Institutional Background and Features -- A. Macroeconomic Policies in the CEMAC Region -- B. Policy Coordination and Surveillance -- III. Improving the Measures of Fiscal Surveillance -- A. Fiscal Policy Objectives and Indicators -- B. Indicators of Policy Stance and Policy Change -- C. Indicators of Sustainability -- D. Implications for Fiscal Surveillance -- IV. External Shocks and the Convergence Criteria -- A. External Shocks and Growth -- B. The Efficacy of Fiscal Policies in Mitigating Shocks -- C. Implications for Regional Surveillance -- V. External Stability Considerations and Regional Surveillance -- A. Consistency of the CEMAC Fiscal Convergence Criteria with External Stability -- B. The Desirability of a Foreign Reserves Target -- C. Long-run Considerations in Regional Surveillance -- VI. Summary and Policy Implications -- Boxes -- 1. Brief Economic History of the Central African CFA Zone -- 2. Overview of the Optimum Currency Area Literature -- 3. BEAC Monetary Programming -- 4. Characteristics of Oil Revenue in the CEMAC -- 5. CEMAC Convergence Criteria -- 6. Fiscal Stance and Fiscal Impulse -- 7. The Primary Gap Measure -- 8. Constant Fiscal Expenditure Rule for Oil Producing Countries -- 9. Measuring the Impact of Exogenous Shocks on the Non-oil Economy -- 10. Measuring the Impact of Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policies on the Non-oil Economy -- Tables -- 1. CEMAC Fiscal Developments and the Fiscal Convergence Criteria, 1998-2008 -- 2. A Comparison of CEMAC Fiscal Indicators, 2000-08 (in percent of GDP) -- 3. A Comparison of CEMAC Fiscal Indicators, 2000- -- 4. Primary Gap Measures Across the CEMAC, 1998-2008 -- 5. CEMAC Long-term Macroeconomic Assumptions -- 6. CEMAC Average Sustainable Non-oil Primary Deficit Under Different Fiscal Rules, 2009-48. ; 7. Real Non-oil GDP Growth in CEMAC Countries, 1980-2008 -- 8. Correlation of Real GDP Growth Among CEMAC Countries, 1980-2008 -- 9. Triggers of Recessions in CEMAC Countries, selected periods -- 10. Correlation Between Non-oil Real GDP and External Factors, 1980-2008 -- 11. Correlation Between GDP, Public Expenditure, and Non-oil Revenue -- 12. Average Share of Non-oil Revenue and Expenditure in Non-oil GDP, 1980-2008 -- 13. Variance Decomposition of Real GDP by Types of Shocks -- 14. CEMAC Share of Oil Revenue in Total Revenue and Correlation Between Fiscal and External Balances -- 15. CEMAC Currency Coverage Ratio, 2000-08 -- 16. CEMAC Gross Official Reserves, 2000-08 -- Figures -- 1. CEMAC Real and Fiscal Developments, 1969-2008 -- 2. CEMAC Terms of Trade and Balance of Payments Developments, 1969-2008 -- 3. CEMAC Net International Reserve Coverage of Imports, 1995-2008 -- 4. CEMAC Fiscal Policy and Procyclicality vis-à-vis Oil Revenue, 1980-2008 -- 5. Nominal and Real Crude Oil (Spot) Prices, 1970-2014 -- 6. CEMAC Non-oil Real GDP Growth and the Fiscal Impulse, 1995-2008 -- 7. CEMAC External Debt and the Primary Gap, 1998-2008 -- 8. CEMAC Sustainable Non-oil Primary Deficit Under Different Fiscal Rules, 2009-13 -- 9. CEMAC Sensitivity of the Sustainable Non-oil Primary Deficit to Oil Prices Under a Permanent Income Hypothesis, 2009-13 -- 10. Terms of Trade and Real Effective Exchange Rates, 1980-2008 -- 11. Impulse Response of Output to a One Standard Deviation Change in Terms of Trade and Real Effective Exchange Rate Shocks -- 12. Impulse Response of Output to a One Standard Deviation Change in Revenue and Spending Shocks -- 13. CEMAC Overall Fiscal Balance and External Current Account Balance, 1996-2008 -- 14. CEMAC Countries Overall Fiscal Balance and External Current Account Balance, 1996-2008. ; 15. CEMAC Foreign Assets of BEAC and Government Deposits at BEAC, 1995-2008 -- Appendix -- Linkages Between Fiscal and Monetary Policies in a Non-Renewable Resource Producer under a Fixed Exchange Rate -- References.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this paper, we consider the design of the surveillance, and, in particular, the fiscal criteria in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) with the view to ensuring they are consistent with internal and external sustainability. This consistency is important within a monetary union because fiscal policy is the primary instrument through which national governments can influence macroeconomic performance. We comment on how surveillance might be improved by broadening the region's current criteria through alternative fiscal indicators, some focus on the scope and nature of external shocks, and attention to the consistency of policies in assuring the viability of the union and its fixed exchange rate regime.
• Titolo autorizzato: Improving Surveillance Across the CEMAC Region
• ISBN: 1-4623-9309-8; 1-282-84492-X; 9786612844928; 1-4519-4202-8; 1-4527-5611-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829093903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; ; No. 2009/260