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Book Synopsis Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean by : Ms.Ratna Sahay
Download or read book Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean written by Ms.Ratna Sahay and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in the top 30 of the world's highly indebted emerging market countries. Most of the increase in their public debt is accounted for by a deterioration in primary fiscal balances that has been largely due to a sharp increase in expenditures rather than a fall in revenues. With the countries of the region now increasingly facing unsustainable debt positions, innovative ways need to be found to raise their economic growth rates and generate fiscal savings to reverse the debt buildup, and to maintain or raise their current living standards.
Book Synopsis Riding the Storm: Fiscal Sustainability in the Caribbean by : Mr.Serhan Cevik
Download or read book Riding the Storm: Fiscal Sustainability in the Caribbean written by Mr.Serhan Cevik and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiscal sustainability remains a paramount challenge for small economies with high debt and greater vulnerability to climate change. This paper applies the model-based sustainability test for fiscal policy in a panel of 16 Caribbean countries during the period 1980–2018. The results indicate that the coefficient on lagged government debt is positive and statistically significant, implying that fiscal policy in the Caribbean takes corrective actions to counteract an increase in the debt-to-GDP ratio. Nonlinear estimations, however, show that the quadratic debt parameter is negative, which indicates that fiscal policy response is not adequate to ensure sustainability at higher levels of debt. We also find that the fiscal stance tends to be countercyclical on average during the sample period. These empirical results confirm that maintaining prudent fiscal policies and implementing growth-enhancing structural reforms are necessary to build fiscal buffers and ensure debt sustainability with high probability even when negative shocks occur over the long term.
Book Synopsis Caribbean Renewal by : Charles Amo Yartey
Download or read book Caribbean Renewal written by Charles Amo Yartey and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caribbean economies face high and rising debt-to-GDP ratios that jeopardize prospects for medium-term debt sustainability and growth. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean. It examines the problem of high debt in the region and discusses policy options for improving debt sustainability, including fiscal consolidation, robust growth, and structural reforms. The book also examines empirically the factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes to draw important policy lessons for the Caribbean. It also reviews the literature on successful fiscal consolidation experiences and provides an overview of past and current consolidation efforts in the Caribbean. The book concludes that the region needs a broad and sustained package of reforms to reduce debt ratios to more manageable levels and strengthen economic resilience.
Book Synopsis The Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean by : Charles Amo Yartey
Download or read book The Challenges of Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean written by Charles Amo Yartey and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2017-07-08 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines debt dynamics in the Caribbean and discusses policy options for reducing the high debt levels. Based on empirical studies of factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes, important policy lessons are drawn for the Caribbean. The analysis shows that major debt reductions are associated with strong growth and decisive and lasting fiscal consolidation efforts. Since growth in the current environment is virtually nonexistent, significant fiscal consolidation is inevitable in the region. Better control of the public wage bill, increasing public sector efficiency and tackling transfers are the obvious targets to reduce spending. On the revenue side, there is ample room to reduce tax expenditures, eliminate distortions while broadening the tax base. Fiscal consolidation needs to be complemented by a comprehensive debt reduction strategy including tax policy reforms and structural reforms to boost competiveness.
Book Synopsis Fiscal Rules and Economic Size in Latin America and the Caribbean by : Fernando Blanco
Download or read book Fiscal Rules and Economic Size in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Fernando Blanco and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the collapse of commodity prices in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in 2014-15, many countries in the region were unable to cushion the impact of the shock in order to experience a more gradual adjustment, to a large extent because they had not built adequate fiscal buffers during the commodities’ windfall from 2010-14. Many LAC countries entered 2020 and the COVID-19 crisis in an even more difficult position, with rising debt and limited fiscal space to smooth the negative impacts of the pandemic and adequately support their economies. Fiscal policy in most LAC countries has been procyclical. Public expenditure and debt levels have expanded in good times and contracted in severe downswings due to insufficient fiscal buffers, making crises deeper. Fiscal rules represent a promising policy option for these and other economies. If well-designed and implemented, they can help build buffers during periods of strong economic performance that will be available during rainy days to smooth economic shocks. This book—which was prepared before the COVID-19 crisis—reviews the performance and implementation of different fiscal rules in the region and world. It provides analytical and practical criteria for policy makers for the design, establishment, and feasible implementation of fiscal rules based on each country's business cycle features, external characteristics, type of shocks faced, initial fiscal conditions, technical and institutional capacities, and political context. While establishing new fiscal rules would not help to attenuate the immediate effects of this pandemic crisis, higher debt levels in the aftermath of COVID-19 will demand rebuilding better and stronger institutional frameworks of fiscal policy in LAC and emerging economies globally. Having stronger fiscal mechanisms that include fiscal rules can help countries prepare for the next crisis and should be on the front burner for policy makers in coming years. The findings and lessons discussed apply to economies of different sizes, with some differences under certain scenarios in terms of the technical design and criteria needed for implementation. In this book, policy makers will find that fiscal rules, if tailored to country characteristics, can work and be an essential fiscal tool for larger and particularly smaller economies.
Book Synopsis Issues in Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Small Developing States by : Anthony Birchwood
Download or read book Issues in Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Small Developing States written by Anthony Birchwood and published by Commonwealth Secretariat. This book was released on 2011-09-23 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines how monetary and fiscal policies are implemented in Caribbean small states, tracing the differences and similarities in tax structure, current expenditure and current revenues. It shows the impact of monetary policy on inflation and the importance of exchange rate regimes to the effectiveness of monetary policy in the region. The authors show that fiscal stabilisation in the region is very low and as such countries within the region would benefit from insurance mechanisms and stabilisation funds.
Book Synopsis Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Issues in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union by : Phebby Kufa
Download or read book Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Issues in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union written by Phebby Kufa and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiscal position of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) has deteriorated significantly in recent years, resulting in sharp increases in public debt. The sustainability of public debt is examined using the public sector budget constraint to derive the maximum public-debt-to-GDP ratio that can be sustained based on a country's projected steady-state primary balance, interest rate on public debt, and economic growth rate. In this context, government deficits and debt in several ECCU member countries appear unsustainable, posing a risk to the stability of the currency union. A critical issue facing member countries is to implement fiscal policies consistent with sustainable public finances and debt to underpin the currency union.
Book Synopsis Public Debt Targeting An Application to the Caribbean by : Mr.Alejandro D. Guerson
Download or read book Public Debt Targeting An Application to the Caribbean written by Mr.Alejandro D. Guerson and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper proposes a fiscal policy framework we call Public Debt Targeting. The framework seeks to smooth primary spending over the business cycle while remaining consistent with public debt sustainability. Under the proposed framework, a government announces a commitment to a public debt band trajectory over the medium term, while sequentially announcing primary expenditures for the next budget cycle, which are determined recursively based on the history of shocks. Public debt targeting differs from a structural balance rule in that it internalizes the effect of the deterioration in creditworthiness from fiscal deficits and public debt accumulation, which tend to affect sovereign spreads, interest rates, exchange rates, and economic activity. The proposed framework is applied to Caribbean economies, which in general show high levels of public debt and procyclical primary expenditure.
Book Synopsis The Fiscal Experience in the Caribbean by : Ramesh Ramsaran
Download or read book The Fiscal Experience in the Caribbean written by Ramesh Ramsaran and published by Caribbean Center for Monetary Studies. This book was released on 2004 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Caribbean Approaches to Economic Stabilization by : Mr.Alvin Hilaire
Download or read book Caribbean Approaches to Economic Stabilization written by Mr.Alvin Hilaire and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1980s Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago found themselves in severe economic difficulties. Their ensuing economic strategies were all market-based, featured fiscal contraction and trade liberalization, multilateral support loans and, later on, tax and financial sector reforms. However, exchange rate, monetary and public sector wage policies varied greatly. Choice of exchange rate regime was not as fundamental to successful stabilization as was fiscal action, complemented by, but without undue reliance on, monetary policy. The policies employed to reduce debt and to diversify the economic bases also help t lessen vulnerabilities to future economic shocks.
Author :International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 :1498342264 Total Pages :23 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (983 download)
Book Synopsis Caribbean Small States - Challenges of High Debt and Low Growth by : International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Download or read book Caribbean Small States - Challenges of High Debt and Low Growth written by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2013-02-23 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper presents background on Caribbean small states as context for the main paper, “Macroeconomic Issues in Small States and Implications for Fund Engagement.” It draws on recent analytical work presented at a conference for policy makers in September 2012, in Trinidad and Tobago. Caribbean small states, while sharing many features of other small states (size-related macroeconomic vulnerabilities, lack of economies of scale, and capacity constraints) have specific characteristics which merit attention
Book Synopsis Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Issues in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union by : Phebby Kufa
Download or read book Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Issues in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union written by Phebby Kufa and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiscal position of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) has deteriorated significantly in recent years, resulting in sharp increases in public debt. The sustainability of public debt is examined using the public sector budget constraint to derive the maximum public-debt-to-GDP ratio that can be sustained based on a country's projected steady-state primary balance, interest rate on public debt, and economic growth rate. In this context, government deficits and debt in several ECCU member countries appear unsustainable, posing a risk to the stability of the currency union. A critical issue facing member countries is to implement fiscal policies consistent with sustainable public finances and debt to underpin the currency union.
Book Synopsis Threshold Effects of Sovereign Debt by : Kevin Greenidge
Download or read book Threshold Effects of Sovereign Debt written by Kevin Greenidge and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper addresses the issue of threshold effects between public debt and economic growth in the Caribbean. The main finding is that there exists a threshold debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio of 55–56 percent. Moreover, the debt dynamics begin changing well before this threshold is reached. Specifically, at debt levels lower than 30 percent of GDP, increases in the debt-to-GDP ratio are associated with faster economic growth. However, as debt rises beyond 30 percent, the effects on economic growth diminishes rapidly and at debt levels reaching 55-56 percent of GDP, the growth impacts switch from positive to negative. Thus, beyond this threshold, debt becomes a drag on growth.
Book Synopsis The Caribbean by : International Monetary Fund
Download or read book The Caribbean written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out the economic challenges facing the island nations of the Caribbean and presents policy options to ameliorate external shocks and embark firmly on a sustained growth path. While the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union that are the focus of the book have enjoyed a sustained period of price and exchange rate stability, they have been buffeted in recent years by adverse shocks, including the erosion of trade preferences, declines in official foreign assistance, and frequent natural disasters. Strengthening their growth performance will require design of a multifaceted strategy that integrates the Caribbean with the global economy, facilitates an economic transformation from agriculture to tourism, fosters greater regional cooperation, and preserves macroeconomic stability. This volume examines the critical issues that are part of that process, including fiscal and financial sector policy, management of external flows, trade integration and tourism, macroeconomic cycles and volatility, and the economic implications of natural disasters.
Author :International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Publisher :International Monetary Fund ISBN 13 : Total Pages :42 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (2 download)
Book Synopsis Eastern Caribbean Currency Union by : International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Download or read book Eastern Caribbean Currency Union written by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Issues
Book Synopsis Debt Accumulation in the Caribbean by : Esteban Pérez
Download or read book Debt Accumulation in the Caribbean written by Esteban Pérez and published by UN. This book was released on 2007 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this document is to present an analysis of debt by using a consistent stock-flow model and to apply it to the Caribbean case. The document is divided into four sections presenting the facts, setting out a standard stock-flow model, testing the conditions to the Caribbean case and addressing the consequences of debt accumulation and debt reduction strategies. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN).
Book Synopsis Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean by : Ratna Sahay
Download or read book Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean written by Ratna Sahay and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
