Discover how tax cuts and government spending drive economic growth through expansionary fiscal policy, a tool to boost ...

The Eurogroup welcomes the political agreement, which was reached in February 2024 on a comprehensive reform of the EU's economic governance framework and looks forward to its timely adoption by the ...

The twin deficits hypothesis has long been central to macroeconomic debates, positing that a government’s chronic fiscal deficit may generate or exacerbate a current account deficit. This ...

Daniel Garcia-Macia, Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund Li Liu, Senior Economist, Fiscal Affairs Department, International Monetary Fund 10:45 a.m. On May 1, AEI’s ...

This paper analyzes the relationship between fiscal multipliers and fiscal positions of governments using an Interactive Panel Vector Auto Regression model and a large data-set of advanced and ...

Fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU)—ambiguity in government spending and tax plans, as well as in public debt valuation—is widely regarded as a source of economic and financial disruptions. However, ...

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As the Union Budget 2026 approaches, fiscal policy becomes the backbone of every major announcement from tax relief and welfare schemes to infrastructure push and borrowing plans. The Budget is not ...

This paper introduces the first narrative-based dataset on fiscal consolidations for sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Drawing on staff reports from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) during the period ...

Understanding the differences between monetary policy and fiscal policy is crucial for investors in 2024 and beyond. Fiscal policy has a more significant impact on the stock market than monetary ...

MBABANE, February 19, 2025 – The World Bank and the Government of Eswatini launched a new review highlighting ways to make fiscal policy in Eswatini more efficient and effective. The Eswatini Public ...