Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania

Unsustainable fiscal deficits were the chief reason for the inflation that has persisted in Eastern Europe since 1989. Deficits need to be cut back, but by how much for a given inflation target? The authors develop a simple framework for debt, the deficit, and inflation to study the interactions between fiscal and monetary policy in Romania's economy. This framework can be used to 1) determine the financeable deficit and the required deficit reduction for a given rate of output growth, inflation rate, and target for debt-output ratios, and 2) find the rate, and target for which no fiscal adjustment is needed. They use this framework to assess consistency between inflation, monetary reform, and fiscal policy in Romania. Many of the issues in Romania are similar to those in other countries. But Romania is an interesting case because of its history of unsuccessful stabilization attempts. The authors' results suggest that fiscal problems during 1992-94 were masked by shifting government expenses to the books of the National Bank of Romania so that the government deficit did not fully reflect public spending. In addition, the effects of delayed fiscal adjustment were mitigated by exchange rate overvaluation and favorable debt dynamics. In the late 1990s, however, debt dynamics worsened and the economy experienced significant real depreciation. That exacerbated the fiscal problems and increased the fiscal adjustment needed to restore consistency.

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Main Authors: Budina, Nina, van Wijnbergen, Sweder
Format: Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2000-03
Subjects:AGRICULTURE, ASSETS, BANK DEPOSITS, BANK LOANS, BASE YEAR, BENCHMARK, BUDGET CONSTRAINT, BUDGET DEFICITS, CAPITAL GAINS, CENTRAL BANK, CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS, CENTRAL BANKS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, CORPORATE TAXES, CPI, CURRENCY CRISES, CURRENT ACCOUNT, DEBT ACCUMULATION, DEBT FINANCING, DEBT MANAGEMENT, DEBT SERVICING, DEBT SERVICING COSTS, DEFICIT REDUCTION, DEMAND DEPOSITS, DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES, DOMESTIC PRICE, DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL, ECONOMETRICS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECONOMIC STRUCTURE, ECONOMIC STRUCTURES, ELASTICITIES, EQUILIBRIUM, EVASION, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATE CRISES, EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION, EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION, EXCHANGE RATE PEG, EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES, EXCHANGE RATE POLICY, EXTERNAL DEBT, FINANCIAL ASSETS, FINANCIAL SECTOR, FINANCIAL STRUCTURE, FISCAL ADJUSTMENT, FISCAL CRISES, FISCAL DEFICIT, FISCAL DEFICITS, FISCAL POLICIES, FISCAL POLICY, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, FORECASTS, FOREIGN BORROWING, FOREIGN CURRENCY, FOREIGN EXCHANGE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES, FOREIGN INFLATION, GOVERNMENT BALANCE, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GROWTH RATE, GROWTH RATES, INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS, INFLATION RATE, INFLATION RATES, INFLATION STABILIZATION, INFLATION TAX, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, LAFFER CURVE, LIQUIDITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
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spelling dig-okr-10986223602024-08-08T18:10:39Z Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania Budina, Nina van Wijnbergen, Sweder AGRICULTURE ASSETS BANK DEPOSITS BANK LOANS BASE YEAR BENCHMARK BUDGET CONSTRAINT BUDGET DEFICITS CAPITAL GAINS CENTRAL BANK CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS CENTRAL BANKS COMMERCIAL BANKS CORPORATE TAXES CPI CURRENCY CRISES CURRENT ACCOUNT DEBT ACCUMULATION DEBT FINANCING DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT SERVICING DEBT SERVICING COSTS DEFICIT REDUCTION DEMAND DEPOSITS DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SECTORS ECONOMIC STRUCTURE ECONOMIC STRUCTURES ELASTICITIES EQUILIBRIUM EVASION EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE CRISES EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION EXCHANGE RATE PEG EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES EXCHANGE RATE POLICY EXTERNAL DEBT FINANCIAL ASSETS FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FISCAL ADJUSTMENT FISCAL CRISES FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FORECASTS FOREIGN BORROWING FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN INFLATION GOVERNMENT BALANCE GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS INFLATION RATE INFLATION RATES INFLATION STABILIZATION INFLATION TAX INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAFFER CURVE LIQUIDITY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS Unsustainable fiscal deficits were the chief reason for the inflation that has persisted in Eastern Europe since 1989. Deficits need to be cut back, but by how much for a given inflation target? The authors develop a simple framework for debt, the deficit, and inflation to study the interactions between fiscal and monetary policy in Romania's economy. This framework can be used to 1) determine the financeable deficit and the required deficit reduction for a given rate of output growth, inflation rate, and target for debt-output ratios, and 2) find the rate, and target for which no fiscal adjustment is needed. They use this framework to assess consistency between inflation, monetary reform, and fiscal policy in Romania. Many of the issues in Romania are similar to those in other countries. But Romania is an interesting case because of its history of unsuccessful stabilization attempts. The authors' results suggest that fiscal problems during 1992-94 were masked by shifting government expenses to the books of the National Bank of Romania so that the government deficit did not fully reflect public spending. In addition, the effects of delayed fiscal adjustment were mitigated by exchange rate overvaluation and favorable debt dynamics. In the late 1990s, however, debt dynamics worsened and the economy experienced significant real depreciation. That exacerbated the fiscal problems and increased the fiscal adjustment needed to restore consistency. 2015-07-31T16:06:09Z 2015-07-31T16:06:09Z 2000-03 Working Paper Document de travail Documento de trabajo http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/03/437890/fiscal-deficits-monetary-reform-inflation-stabilization-romania https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22360 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2298 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf World Bank, Washington, DC
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topic AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LOANS
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE TAXES
CPI
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DEBT SERVICING COSTS
DEFICIT REDUCTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EVASION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION
EXCHANGE RATE PEG
EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
FISCAL CRISES
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INFLATION
GOVERNMENT BALANCE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAFFER CURVE
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LOANS
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE TAXES
CPI
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DEBT SERVICING COSTS
DEFICIT REDUCTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EVASION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION
EXCHANGE RATE PEG
EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
FISCAL CRISES
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INFLATION
GOVERNMENT BALANCE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAFFER CURVE
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
spellingShingle AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LOANS
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE TAXES
CPI
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DEBT SERVICING COSTS
DEFICIT REDUCTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EVASION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION
EXCHANGE RATE PEG
EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
FISCAL CRISES
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INFLATION
GOVERNMENT BALANCE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAFFER CURVE
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LOANS
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE TAXES
CPI
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DEBT SERVICING COSTS
DEFICIT REDUCTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EVASION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION
EXCHANGE RATE PEG
EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
FISCAL CRISES
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INFLATION
GOVERNMENT BALANCE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAFFER CURVE
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Budina, Nina
van Wijnbergen, Sweder
Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
description Unsustainable fiscal deficits were the chief reason for the inflation that has persisted in Eastern Europe since 1989. Deficits need to be cut back, but by how much for a given inflation target? The authors develop a simple framework for debt, the deficit, and inflation to study the interactions between fiscal and monetary policy in Romania's economy. This framework can be used to 1) determine the financeable deficit and the required deficit reduction for a given rate of output growth, inflation rate, and target for debt-output ratios, and 2) find the rate, and target for which no fiscal adjustment is needed. They use this framework to assess consistency between inflation, monetary reform, and fiscal policy in Romania. Many of the issues in Romania are similar to those in other countries. But Romania is an interesting case because of its history of unsuccessful stabilization attempts. The authors' results suggest that fiscal problems during 1992-94 were masked by shifting government expenses to the books of the National Bank of Romania so that the government deficit did not fully reflect public spending. In addition, the effects of delayed fiscal adjustment were mitigated by exchange rate overvaluation and favorable debt dynamics. In the late 1990s, however, debt dynamics worsened and the economy experienced significant real depreciation. That exacerbated the fiscal problems and increased the fiscal adjustment needed to restore consistency.
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topic_facet AGRICULTURE
ASSETS
BANK DEPOSITS
BANK LOANS
BASE YEAR
BENCHMARK
BUDGET CONSTRAINT
BUDGET DEFICITS
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
CENTRAL BANK BALANCE SHEETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
CORPORATE TAXES
CPI
CURRENCY CRISES
CURRENT ACCOUNT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT FINANCING
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICING
DEBT SERVICING COSTS
DEFICIT REDUCTION
DEMAND DEPOSITS
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICE LEVEL
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC SECTORS
ECONOMIC STRUCTURE
ECONOMIC STRUCTURES
ELASTICITIES
EQUILIBRIUM
EVASION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE CRISES
EXCHANGE RATE DEPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE DEVALUATION
EXCHANGE RATE PEG
EXCHANGE RATE POLICIES
EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
EXTERNAL DEBT
FINANCIAL ASSETS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL ADJUSTMENT
FISCAL CRISES
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FORECASTS
FOREIGN BORROWING
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN INFLATION
GOVERNMENT BALANCE
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
INDIRECT INSTRUMENTS
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATION STABILIZATION
INFLATION TAX
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
LAFFER CURVE
LIQUIDITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
author Budina, Nina
van Wijnbergen, Sweder
author_facet Budina, Nina
van Wijnbergen, Sweder
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title Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
title_short Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
title_full Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
title_fullStr Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
title_full_unstemmed Fiscal Deficits, Monetary Reform, and Inflation Stabilization in Romania
title_sort fiscal deficits, monetary reform, and inflation stabilization in romania
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