Buoyant Capital Spending and Worries over Real Appreciation: Cold Facts from Algeria

By Oumar Diallo, Boileau Loko, Kangni R Kpodar

December 1, 2007

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Oumar Diallo, Boileau Loko, and Kangni R Kpodar. Buoyant Capital Spending and Worries over Real Appreciation: Cold Facts from Algeria, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2007) accessed September 20, 2024

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Summary

The Government of Algeria has pursed a relatively expansionary fiscal policy in recent years, thanks to rising oil prices and revenues. The paper explores the potential effects of such a stance on real exchange rate and uncovers a relatively small appreciating effect of increased government capital expenditure. This is explained by the fact that a significant share of capital spending falls into tradable imported goods. However, the envisaged increase in capital spending, if well designed and implemented, might in the long-run translate into rising operations and maintenance expenditure-mostly nontradable goods-thereby causing a higher real appreciation. This implies that Algeria should carefully consider the implications of its public investment program on recurrent expenditure.

Subject: Capital spending, Expenditure, Oil prices, Real effective exchange rates, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Exchange rate, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

21
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Working Paper No. 2007/286
Stock No:

WPIEA2007286
ISBN:

9781451868494
ISSN:

1018-5941

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