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With a modest recovery in the global economy underway, and amid rising concerns about the sharp increase in government debt in several countries, debate has increasingly focused on the need to identify and implement fiscal exit strategies. This paper reviews the medium-term plans of 25 countries...
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pressure on the pension system and health and long-term care expenditures. This paper evaluates the impact of population aging …Korea is on the verge of an unprecedented demographic shift. In coming decades, rapid aging will transform it from one … tools, including pension reform, tax base broadening (and, if necessary, rate hikes), improved tax administration and some …
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This note reflects macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts presented with the April 2009 World Economic Outlook, as well as information on fiscal stimulus and financial and industrial sector support gathered through mid-May. It follows the request by G-20 leaders for the Fund to assess regularly the...
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External shocks pose major challenges to fiscal policy makers through lower output and large fiscal imbalances. This paper analyzes the case of Moldova, which faced parallel crises a decade apart: the Russian crisis of 1998 and the global financial crisis of 2008-2009. The country went through...
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Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account surpluses -- it's a record to be envied. These outcomes in Canada owe much to sound macroeconomic policies, as well as to a favorable external environment. This book focuses on these...
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due to population aging, pension reform proposals are also being considered. In this paper we assess the macroeconomic … GDP by 2012. Instead, raising the retirement age and prefunding future aging costs would be needed to keep debt below 60 …
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population aging is expected to pose additional fiscal costs not captured by such indicators. To better gauge the state of public … from the European Commission’s Aging Working Group’s long-run indicators and using a comprehensive public …
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The paper explores the macroeconomic effects of three public pension reforms, namely an increase in retirement age, a … Monetary and Fiscal model (GIMF), we find that public pension reforms can have a positive effect on growth in both the short … stronger capital accumulation due to higher world savings. An increase in the retirement age reform yields the strongest impact …
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retirement age, broadening the tax base, and raising indirect taxes, would be a more growth-friendly strategy than relying …
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The global crisis had a severe impact on the Italian economy despite elements of strength such as high private savings, low private indebtedness, and a resilient financial system. Executive Directors decided that the public sector wage bill should remain a key element of the consolidation...
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