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Macroeconomic forecasters typically forecast fewer recessions than the number experienced, which means economic growth tends to be over-predicted on average. Consequently, forecast errors are not normally distributed, making it difficult to convey the uncertainty and risks based on the...
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The recent euro area sovereign debt crisis has shown the importance of market reactions for the sustainability of debt. The objective of this paper is to calculate endogenous government debt limits given the markets assessment of the probability to default. The estimated primary balance reaction...
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The sharp rise in debt experienced by most OECD countries raises questions about the prudent debt level countries should target. It also raises questions about the fiscal frameworks needed to reach them and to accommodate cyclical fluctuations along the path towards a prudent debt target. The...
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position in determining domestic interest rates and, relatedly, its vulnerability to a crisis. This paper extends the panel … estimation of OECD countries described in Turner and Spinelli (2012) to investigate the effect of external debt and its …
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This paper proposes an approach to assess the extent of automatic fiscal stabilisation of aggregate household … disposable income after a specific shock. The approach is based on the national account identity of household disposable income … household market income, automatic stabilisers in 23 OECD countries are found to offset on average around 60% of the shock on …
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This paper develops a simple model-based framework for stress testing fiscal consolidation strategies under different scenarios of future shocks. A baseline scenario assuming a gradual debt consolidation is presented and by assuming different future developments (e.g. lower potential growth)...
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