Belgium: Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund

No 1997/008, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper reviews Belgium’s experience with fiscal adjustment and the long-term outlook for the public finances. The paper discusses the composition and scale of the fiscal adjustment, and the extent to which it has exerted a durable impact on the public finances. It offers a quantitative analysis of the interaction between fiscal policy and developments in saving and investment, with a view to contributing to reflection on desirable policy priorities in the future.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; debt ratio; private sector; potential GDP; fiscal policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 116
Date: 1997-01-01
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