Fiscal Policy Effectiveness in Japan

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth N. Kuttner ◽  
Adam S. Posen

Subject Policy differences reflected in Russian budget debate Significance Budget management has grown into an acute problem for Russian policymakers. The immediate difficulty is how to finance this year's deficit with as little inflationary impact as possible. The problem over the next three years will be to win elite support for a tough fiscal stance. Officials have proposed tighter budgets in 2017-19 in nominal as well as real terms. Impacts The CBR will continue to complain that uncertainty on fiscal policy restricts its monetary policy effectiveness. Privatisations to plug budget gaps will be controversial among the political elite. Cuts in federal transfers to regional budgets will be contentious.


Author(s):  
Stephen H. Axilrod

What policies outside the Fed’s control most influence its policy effectiveness? With regard to policies that are, like the Fed’s monetary policy, aimed at influencing the economy as a whole, the federal government’s fiscal policy would be at the top of the list. Fiscal...


2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan Molana ◽  
Junxi Zhang

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