Are monetary disturbances and fiscal deficits inflationary? Empirical evidence from Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Tan Juat Hong College of Graduate Studies‚ Universiti Tenaga Nasional‚ Malaysia ABSTRACT: The study uses the VAR model to investigate the responses of domestic inflation to monetary and fiscal policies‚ with output as the scale variable. The results show that domestic inflation responds positively to monetary policy shocks but not to fiscal deficits. If one assumes the velocity of
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1/4/15 Unit Assignment Number & Title Unit – 4 Understanding Discipline Assignment Title –2 Self-discipline Grading Criteria Grades Attempted Achieved P2 Demonstrate self-discipline through relevant activities M2 Perform relevant activities with a high standard of self-discipline D2 Evaluate personal levels of self-discipline for entry to the uniformed public services Assessor signature - Date - These are the areas you should focus on
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Expansionary Fiscal Policy is identified when government spending is higher than its revenue. Expansionary fiscal policy can be used in order to either stimulate a sluggish economy or to slow down an economy that is growing at a rate that is getting out of control (which can lead to inflation or asset bubbles). Fiscal policy directly affects the aggregate demand(AD) of an economy. Aggregate Demand = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net Exports Fiscal Policy has an effect on each
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Monetary Police Monetary policy is the term used by economists to describe ways of managing the supply of money in an economy. Monetary Policy is the management of money supply and interest rates by central bank to influence prices and employment for achieving the objectives of general economic policy. Monetary policy works through expansion or contraction of investment and consumption expenditure. According to Paul Einzig “Monetary policy includes all monetary decisions and measures irrespective
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Monetary Policy in Bahrain Introduction: Monetary policy are the actions of a central bank‚ currency board or other regulatory committee that determine the size and rate of growth of the money supply‚ which in turn affects interest rates. Monetary policy is maintained through actions such as increasing the interest rate‚ or changing the amount of money banks need to keep in the vault (bank reserves). In the kingdom of Bahrain‚ The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) is responsible for setting and
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The Spanish fiscal policy during the recent “great recession” Abstract: This paper examines the fiscal strategy followed by the Spanish government in order to stop the fall of aggregate demand induced by the financial crisis. The Spanish economy provides the best example among the countries of the European Monetary Union of the contradictions between the discretionary fiscal policy in the crisis and the fiscal rules. The intensity of the crisis and some initial badly designed fiscal stimulus shortened
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CHAPTER 11 MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY Chapter Outline: • The effects of fiscal and monetary policy on output • Monetary policy and the transmission mechanism • The liquidity trap • The classical case • The quantity theory of money • Fiscal policy and crowding out • Monetary accommodation • The effects of alternative policies on the composition of output • The U.S. economy in the 1980s and 1990s • Anticipatory monetary policy • The policy mix during the German re-unification
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is Fiscal Policy? One of the features that helps identify the economic direction of a country is fiscal policy. The government utilizes fiscal policy to control the economy through adjustment in spending levels and revenue. According to the theories of John Maynard Keynes‚ the British economist in regard fiscal policy‚ the decreasing or increasing expenditures (spending) and revenue (taxes) levels influences employment‚ inflation and the flow of money into the economic system. Fiscal policy is very
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country. Monetary policy has direct relation with economic growth and states monetary policy as the arrangements which are planned to control supply of money in a country. In many countries the basic aims of the monetary policy are to stabilize prices‚ keep the balance of payment equal‚ promote the employment and increase in economic development (Osinubi‚2006). Since the foundation of State Bank of Pakistan in 1948 it has playing its role to stabilize economic growth through monetary policy. The main
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© 2008 International Monetary Fund February 2008 IMF Country Report No. 08/71 Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Selected Issues This Selected Issues paper for Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with the member country. It is based on the information available at the time it was completed on January 30‚ 2008. The views expressed in this document are those of the staff team and
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