Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/157965 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series No. 322
Publisher: 
Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of expenditure-based fiscal consolidation when credibility as to whether the cuts will be long-lasting is imperfect. We contrast the impact limited credibility has when the consolidating country has the means to tailor monetary policy to its own needs, with the impact when the country is a small member of a currency union with a negligible effect on interest rates and on nominal exchange rates of the currency union. We find two key results. First, in the case of an independent monetary policy, the adverse impact of limited credibility is relatively small, and consolidation can be expected to reduce government debt at a relatively low output cost given that monetary policy provides more accommodation than it would under perfect credibility. Second, the lack of monetary accommodation under currency union membership implies that the output cost may be significantly larger, and that progress in reducing government debt in the short and medium term may be limited under imperfect credibility.
Subjects: 
Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Front-Loaded vs. Gradual Consolidation
DSGE Model
Sticky Prices and Wages
Currency Union
JEL: 
E32
F41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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