Inflation Targeting and Fiscal Rules: Do Interactions and Sequencing Matter?

Inflation Targeting and Fiscal Rules: Do Interactions and Sequencing Matter?
ISBN-10
1498322379
ISBN-13
9781498322379
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
36
Language
English
Published
2014-05-28
Publisher
International Monetary Fund
Authors
Rene Tapsoba, Jean-Louis Combes, Mr.Xavier Debrun

Description

The paper examines the joint impact of inflation targeting (IT) and fiscal rules (FR) on fiscal behavior and inflation in a broad panel of advanced and developing economies over the period 1990-2009. The main contribution of the paper is to show that, as suggested by the theoretical literature, interactions between FR and IT matter a great deal for policy outcomes. Specifically, the combination of FR and IT appears to deliver more disciplined macroeconomic policies than each of these institutions in isolation. In addition, the sequencing of the monetary and fiscal reforms plays a role: adopting FR before IT delivers stronger results than the reverse sequence.

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