Although Caribbean countries have been largely successful in bringing annual inflation down to single digits in recent years - regardless of their exchange rate regime - their growth rates have been disappointing and their public debt has risen rapidly. By 2003, 14 of 15 Caribbean countries...

Although Caribbean countries have been largely successful in bringing annual inflation down to single digits in recent years-regardless of their exchange rate regime-their growth rates have been disappointing and their public debt has risen rapidly. By 2003, 14 of 15 Caribbean countries ranked...

This paper studies price stability and debt sustainability when the real rate exceeds trend growth (r g) in a New Keynesian model with endogenous technology growth through R&D. Under debt-stabilizing ("passive") fiscal policy the Taylor principle is not sufficient for determinacy. Instead,...