In both the UK and USA economies the budget deficit remains a central weakness. In the light of this problem this book presents a consistent economic framework for analysing the effects and implications of large bond-financed deficits

Contents -- Introduction: Rethinking Macro Policy II-Getting Granular -- I Monetary Policy -- 1 Many Targets, Many Instruments: Where Do We Stand? -- 2 Monetary Policy, the Only Game in Town? -- 3 Monetary Policy during the Crisis: From the Depths to the Heights -- 4 Monetary Policy Targets...

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The structure and organisation of the Treasury was radically changed in 1995 following a new statement of its aim, mission and objectives. These changes are explained here, with details of its new directorate and team structure

Managing the Fiscal Metropolis: The Financial Policies, Practices, and Health of Suburban Municipalities is an important book. This first comprehensive analysis of the financial condition, management, and policy making of local governments in a metropolitan region offers local governments...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Structural Context of Macroeconomic Policy Choice -- Chapter 3 Partisanship and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 4 Elections and Fiscal and Monetary Policy -- Chapter 5 Partisan Differences and Macroeconomic...

Janice MacKinnon became minister of Finance for the province of Saskatchewan in 1993, under NDP Premier Roy Romanow, just as the province became the first casualty of the debt and deficit crises that dominated both provincial and federal politics throughout the decade. Minding the Public Purse...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 The Martin Liberals (and the Harper Conservatives): The Politics of Governing Precariously -- PART 1 MACRO CHOICES AND CHALLENGES -- 2 Health and Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements: Lost Opportunity -- 3 How Ottawa Gambles: Rolling the Dice in Health Care...

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