Navigating the Fiscal Challenges Ahead
Fiscal Monitor, May 13, 2010
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- Published: May 13, 2010
- Series: Fiscal Monitor
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455280490.089
Overview
- Launched in 2009 in response to increasing fiscal challenges after the global financial crisis.
- The Fiscal Monitor surveys and analyzes the latest public finance developments, updates fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies to put public finances on a sustainable footing.
- Starting with this issue, the Monitor is part of the IMF's World Economic and Financial Surveys series, complementing the World Economic Outlook (WEO) and the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR).
- Prepared twice a year by the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department.
Purpose and Scope
- Multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments is emphasized as a key IMF surveillance responsibility.
- The Monitor's objectives:
- Survey and analyze public finance developments.
- Update fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections.
- Assess policies to restore sustainability of public finances.
Preparation and Methodology
- The Monitor's projections are based on the same database used for the April 2010 WEO and GFSR.
- Fiscal projections for individual countries have been prepared by IMF desk economists.
- In line with WEO guidelines, projections assume that announced policies will be implemented.
Subjects and keywords
- Subject: Expenditure, Financial sector, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal stance, Public debt
- Keywords: debt, debt ratio, economy, emerging economy, FM, reform
Notes
- From Stimulus to Consolidation: Revenue and Expenditure Policies in Advanced and Emerging Economies -- IMF Policy Paper
- See Presentation by Mr. Carlo Cottarelli, Director of the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
- IMF Executive Board Discusses Revenue and Expenditure Policies for Fiscal Consolidation in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis
- View the Fiscal Monitor Database
International Monetary Fund. Fiscal Affairs Dept. Navigating the Fiscal Challenges Ahead, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2010) accessed 9/18/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455280490.089
Content in this bundle
- Navigating the Fiscal Challenges Ahead; IMF Fiscal Monitor; May 14, 2010.
- IMF Fiscal Monitor — Carlo Cottarelli — May 14, 2010