IMF Fiscal Monitor -- Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation; November 2010 -- Contents

Fiscal Monitor, November 4, 2010

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Bibliographic details

• Published: November 4, 2010
• Series: Fiscal Monitor

Overview

• The Fiscal Monitor was launched in 2009 to survey and analyze the latest public finance developments, update fiscal implications of the crisis and medium-term fiscal projections, and assess policies to put public finances on a sustainable footing.
• The Monitor is prepared twice a year by the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department.
• The Monitor's projections are based on the same database used for the October 2010 World Economic Outlook (WEO) and Global Financial Stability Report.
• Context: November 2010 — With increasing fiscal challenges in the aftermath of the global financial crisis, multilateral surveillance of fiscal developments has gained further importance.

Webcast and Presentation

• Webcast:
  • Watch the Press Conference
  • November 4, 2010
  • Transcript
• Presentation

Key Themes and Structure

• Summing Up by the Acting Chair
• Preface
• Main Themes

Chapter-level Contents and Major Topics

• Chapter 1. Fiscal Developments and Near-Term Outlook
  • Fiscal Developments in 2010: The Beginning of the Fiscal Exit
  • Outlook for 2011: Broader Fiscal Adjustment
  • The Pace of Fiscal Consolidation: What Explains the Differences Across Advanced Economies?
  • Public Debt Still Rising, with Some Central Bank Support
  • Financial Sector Support and Recovery to Date

• Chapter 2. Sovereign Financing and Government Debt Markets
  • Sovereign Gross Financing Needs: Continuing at High Levels
  • Government Bond Yields and Spreads: A More Polarized Market

• Chapter 3. Fiscal Adjustment Plans and Medium-Term Fiscal Outlook
  • Adjustment Plans: Time Frame and Commitment
  • Size and Speed of Adjustment: Authorities’ Plans and IMF Staff Projections
  • Composition of Adjustment
  • Medium-Term Adjustment Needs and Structural Reforms
  • Reform of Fiscal Institutions
  • Medium-Term Fiscal Trends in Low-Income Countries

• Chapter 4. Assessing Fiscal Risks
  • Rollover Problems
  • Risks of High Long-Term Public Indebtedness

• Chapter 5. Selected Spending and Tax Issues
  • The Effect of Pension Reforms on Growth
  • Financial Sector Taxation: A Summary of the IMF Report
  • Carbon Pricing: Issues in the Run Up to Cancun
  • The VAT: Tapping Its Full Potential, not Only in the United States and Japan

Related Links and Supporting Materials (listed on page)

• Back to the Future: A history of Global debt
• Governments Launch Plans to Reduce Debt and Boost Growth
• Data on Debt
• Debt Group Composition
• A Historical Public Debt Database -- A Working Paper
• Blog: How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie
• Read the Press Release
• Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation
  • November 2010
  • Reports and Related Links:
  • English
  • Read More

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Source: IMF Fiscal Monitor -- Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation; November 2010 -- Contents

Content in this bundle

• Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation; IMF Fiscal Monitor; November 2010.
  • Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation; IMF Fiscal Monitor; November 2010. (Markdown version)
  • Fiscal Exit: From Strategy to Implementation; IMF Fiscal Monitor; November 2010. (PDF)
• The Acting Chair’s Summing Up
  • The Acting Chair’s Summing Up (Markdown version)
  • The Acting Chair’s Summing Up (PDF)
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  • 110410ppt (Markdown version)
  • 110410ppt (PDF)
• Group composition page for the debt dataset --Fiscal Monitor November 2010
  • Group composition page for the debt dataset --Fiscal Monitor November 2010 (Markdown version)
  • Group composition page for the debt dataset --Fiscal Monitor November 2010 (PDF)

References

• - Watch the Press Conference
• - Transcript
• Governments Launch Plans to Reduce Debt and Boost Growth
• Data on Debt
• A Historical Public Debt Database -- A Working Paper
• Blog: How to Bake a (Cr)edible Medium-term Fiscal Pie
• Read the Press Release
• Sign up to receive free e-mail notices when new series and/or country items are posted on the IMF website.
• Modify your profile
• Ordering Information
• Disclaimer