## What Should be Done with a Fiscal Surplus?

_IMF Policy Discussion Papers, August 1, 1998_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: Nigel A Chalk, Richard Hemming
- Published: August 1, 1998
- Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
- Volume: 1998
- Issue: 010
- Pages: 0
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451970050.003
- Stock No: PPIEA0101998
- ISBN: 9781451970050
- ISSN: 1564-5193

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### Summary
- Title: What Should be Done with a Fiscal Surplus?
- Series: Policy Discussion Paper No. 1998/010
- Subject: Monetary policy, Political economy

### Authors and Publication
- Authors: Nigel A Chalk; Richard Hemming
- Publication date: August 1, 1998
- Publication type: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
- Volume: 1998
- Issue: 010
- Pages: 0

### Identifiers and Access
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451970050.003
- Stock No: PPIEA0101998
- ISBN: 9781451970050
- ISSN: 1564-5193
- Canonical URL: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/imf-policy-discussion-papers/issues/2016/12/30/what-should-be-done-with-a-fiscal-surplus-2711
- Formats available: PDF and additional formats via IMF eLibrary

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