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Demand-Side Stabilization Policies: What is the Evidence of their Potential?

By Magda E. Kandil

December 1, 2000

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Magda E. Kandil Demand-Side Stabilization Policies: What is the Evidence of their Potential?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2000) accessed September 20, 2024
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Summary

Using disaggregated data for the United States, this paper explores the effects of the variability of fiscal and monetary policy shocks. Higher variability of government spending shocks around a steady-state growth trend results, on average, in a decline in aggregate demand growth and inflation, with limited effects on output growth. On the other hand, higher variability of monetary shocks results, on average, in an increase in inflation and a decline in output growth. These results indicate the desirability of avoiding large fluctuations over time in either government spending or the money supply.

Subject: Expenditure, Monetary base, Money, National accounts, Private consumption, Private investment, Production, Production growth

Keywords: Aggregate demand demand shock, Aggregate demand shift, Asymmetric fluctuations, Contraction decrease, Durable goods, Fiscal policy, Government spending shock, Monetary base, Monetary policy, Money supply, Price inflation, Private consumption, Private investment, Production growth, Shocks decrease, Supply curve, WP

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    31

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Working Paper No. 2000/197

  • Stock No:

    WPIEA1972000

  • ISBN:

    9781451860009

  • ISSN:

    1018-5941

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