With the economy having 16 trillion dollars in debt‚ there is a proposed "fiscal cliff" as Ben Bernanke put it. The fiscal cliff will consist of 600 billion dollars in tax increases and spending cuts. Washington has been proposing ways around the fiscal cliff for weeks but nothing is changing so far. Peter Schiff says "Our economy is so screwed up from years and years and years of bad monetary and fiscal policy that it’s going to be painful to correct that problem. But we have to do it."
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largest democracy with federal form of government. The fiscal arrangements in India have evolved in a quasi-federal system to meet the requirements of centralized planning in a mixed economy structure and their sources of revenue for both Centre and State were clearly demarcated with regard to the financial relationship and the responsibilities between them. Our constitution provides residual powers to the Centre and makes clear division of fiscal powers between the Centre and the State Governments
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Fiscal Grants and Federalism NAME INSTITUTION Introduction Fiscal federalism deals with the division of government functions and financial relations among the various levels of government. This has been manifested on how the government offers different grants to different local governments to fund or finance some special programs. It is also evident because the US government has been diversified to state levels by ensuring each local state has its own government that is under
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allocation formula‚ each of which is more remembered for the controversies it generated than issues settled” FISCAL FEDERALISM AND REVENUE ALLOCATION FISCAL FEDERALISM Fiscal federalism refers to the scope and structure of the tiers of government responsibilities and functions as well as the allocation of resources among the tiers of government. Perhaps the most important issue of fiscal federalism is the revenue allocation formula‚ the sharing of national revenue among the various tiers of
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NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 5 NO 2‚ DECEMBER‚ 2007FISCAL POLICY AND NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTHOmitogun Olawunmi and Ayinla‚ Tajudeen A. Department of Economics Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago-Iwoye Abstract This paper has examined empirically the contribution of fiscal policy in the achievement of sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Using the Solow growth model estimated with the use of Ordinary Least Square method‚ it was found that fiscal policy has not been effective in the area of promoting sustainable
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1. What is the Solow (or long-run) growth curve‚ why is it vertical‚ and what causes it to shift? Solow growth curve is a production function that expresses the relationship between output and the factors of production. the formula is Y = F(A‚K‚eL) where A= ideas‚ K = physical captial‚ L = Labor‚ and e = natural resources. The Solow growth curve is represented by a vertical line at the Solow growth rate because: I. it does not depend on the rate of inflation. II. there is an underlying assumption
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Fiscal Institutions and Fiscal Performance shifts emphasis away from narrow economic factors to more broadly defined political and institutional factors that affect government policy and national debt. This collection brings together new theoretical models‚ empirical evidence‚ and a series of in-depth case studies to analyze the effect of political institutions‚ fiscal regulations‚ and policy decisions on accumulating deficits. It provides a fascinating overview of the political and economic issues
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TOPIC AN INQUIRY INTO THE PERPETUAL FISCAL DEFICIT IN ZIMBABWE. IS TAXATION THE SOLUTION 1.1 Background Zimbabwe‚ once a vibrant and diversified economy and hope for Africa’s future‚ was on the verge of collapse had it not been for the introduction of the multi-currency system after the formation of the inclusive government. It has had a perpetual fiscal deficit post 1990 accompanied by high inflation‚ negative economic growth‚ high unemployment and a reduction in the standard of living as
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The Monetary‚ Fiscal and External Trade Policy in face of the Global Slowdown: The Indian Context The global economic outlook deteriorated sharply over the last quarter. In a sign of the ferocity of the down turn‚ the IMF made a marked downward revision of its estimate for global growth in 2009 in purchasing power parity terms – from its forecast of 3.0 per cent made in October 2008 to 0.5 per cent in January 2009. In market exchange rate terms‚ the downturn is sharper – global GDP is projected
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Financial management What are the monetary and fiscal policy of india and wat are the impacts over Indian economy. ------------------------------------------------- Monetary policy of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Monetary policy is the process by which monetary authority of a country‚ generally a central bank controls the supply of money in the economy by exercising its control over interest rates in order to maintain price stability and achieve high economic growth.[1] In India
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