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This paper examines the rationale for the imposition of fiscal rules as a way to reduce budgetary imbalances. It presents theoretical arguments for the existence of a “fiscal deficit bias” and the empirical evidence on the economic, political and institutional factors leading to this bias....
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) effects of the Bank of Japan (BOJ)'s JGB purchases on market liquidity. Moreover, we also find evidence that such scarcity …Quantitative easing could improve market liquidity through many channels such as relaxing bank funding constraints …, increasing risk appetite, and facilitating trades. However, it can also reduce market liquidity when the increase in the central …
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States, the United Kingdom, Euro area and Japan- the Systemic Four-on global monetary and liquidity conditions. Overall, the … countries on these conditions in other countries. UMPMs of the Bank of Japan have positive association with global liquidity but …
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Japan has ambitious economic goals: 3 percent nominal growth; 2 percent inflation; and a primary budget surplus …
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The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level (FTPL) is the claim that, in a popular class of theoretical models, the price level is sometimes determined by fiscal policy rather than monetary policy. The models where this claim has been established assume that all decisions are made by an...
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require future primary surpluses. We argue that liquidity services provided by sovereign debt may indeed lead to a "free lunch …
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In designing policy measures, including possible social safety nets, targeted to the poor, it is important to fully understand the efficiency implications of these measures. There is abundant macroeconomic literature on their negative effects on the poor’s work effort. The literature, however,...
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De facto (unofficial) dollarization, defined as the holding by residents of assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, is a policy concern in an increasing number of developing economies. This paper addresses the dollarization debate from this perspective, with the goal of setting...
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attention was paid to the potential spillover of excess liquidity. This paper suggests a notional level of ""optimal"" liquidity …
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