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This, of course, is precisely what is needed in a world where deflation has again become a problem and fiscal policy, for better or worse, is off the table. [...]

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"Fiscal policy is the most stretched area around the world," he told a Foreign Policy Association conference in New York. "Therefore it is vital that around [...]

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By WSJ Staff Mr. Cameron yesterday declared that monetary policy is a better lever than fiscal policy “in terms of trying to make sure that the economy is [...]

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He also took a swing at Ford's fiscal announcements. In contrast to Ford, Rossi says he would balance the city's budget with small tax hikes, [...]

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And China is doing its part by continuing aggressive fiscal policy and stimulative monetary policy to fuel domestic demand, and has continued policies to [...]

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"There are limits to what monetary policy can accomplish if fiscal policy blocks the road," Fisher argued. In remarks prepared for the Economic Club of [...]

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"We call on all the capitals to be sure that they have a convincing path to fiscal sustainability. We continue to say this. It is our main message," Trichet [...]

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IMF representatives have assessed highly government's fiscal policy up to now and its readiness to press ahead with the structural reforms in the health [...]

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Yesterday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a speech in which he discussed fiscal policy. I am not a big fan of the Fed Chairman doing so, and historically [...]

1 Apr 2010 Fixing the looming debt crisis will take more than a budget commission. It will also require clever politicking and a moral reawakening. [...]

27 Mar 2010 Today, we have taken the concept of fiscal policy. Fiscal policy is that policy which is made by government for controlling the government [...]

Definition of Fiscal Policy. Fiscal policy involves the Government changing the levels of Taxation and Govt Spending in order to influence Aggregate Demand [...]

8 Oct 2010 Was this success due to greater policy space that allowed the use of effective countercyclical fiscal policy? It is too early to answer this [...]

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Chojna-Duch said the economic policy mix left much to be desired. "The scale of fiscal expansion is worrying. It is not justified by any macroeconomic [...]

From his recent column in the New York Times. October 10, 2010 Hey, Small Spender By PAUL KRUGMAN Here’s the narrative you hear everywhere: President Obama has presided over a huge expansion of government, but unemployment has remained high. And this proves that government spending can’t create jobs [...]

BRUSSELS (MNI) - Eurozone countries should be sure they have credible budget policies and structural reforms are essential, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Thursday. "We call on all the capitals to be sure [...]

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But new fiscal policy is unlikely to happen due to considerable opposition from Republicans and a few misguided Democrats in Congress. Monetary policy is not certain either, there is resistance from some members of the Fed, [...]

'There are limits to what monetary policy can accomplish if fiscal policy blocks the road,' he said on Thursday. 'The reality of fiscal and regulatory policy inhibiting the transmission mechanism of monetary policy is most definitely [...]

The inability of global leaders to address global current account imbalances now truly threatens global financial stability. Perhaps this was inevitable - the dollar has not depreciated to a degree commensurate with the financial crisis. Moreover, as the global economy stabilized the old imbalances [...]

Lawmakers in the US and across the world are preparing to retreat from stimulus measures based on theories that have no scientific basis and amount to alchemy, Indiana University professor Eric Leeper charged Saturday. [...]

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There are risks facing the British economy but monetary policy rather than fiscal policy is the most effective way of boosting growth Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday. [...]

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So I didn't and don't think that we can count on monetary policy to do the job; blithely declaring that the Fed should target nominal GDP misses the difficulties. And that means we need fiscal policy. This is really getting out of hand. [...]

What fiscal policy is, and how it impacts the U.S. economy. The role of the President, Congress, and the Budget Office (OMB). Federal taxes and other forms of government income [...]

It looks as though uber-Keynsian Paul Krugman and uber-Austerian Niall Ferguson have been tangling again about what U.S. policymakers should do to bolster an anemic economy that, in the wake of a spent multi-decade long credit expansion orgy, seems to be falling well short of its potential. This sto [...]

He went on: "The Bank of England has got monetary policy to deal with any short-term shocks to the economy, while our fiscal policy - which is about getting the structural deficit eliminated by the end of this parliament - should stay [...]