Macroeconomic Adjustment and Reform in Planned Economies

International Monetary Fund

No 1990/027, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between macroeconomic stabilization and market-oriented reform in planned economies. It emphasizes that market-oriented reform should enhance the likelihood that adjustment to exogenous disturbances will involve genuine adjustment in the sense of actually eliminating or at least reducing both internal and external imbalances. Market-oriented reform should also increase the ability of the authorities to carry out stabilization policies relying on indirect rather than direct instruments. The paper argues that the sustainability of such reform may critically depend on the pursuit of policies that contain inflationary pressures, but that the environment for adoption of such policies will depend in turn on the appropriate sequencing of reform measures.

Keywords: WP; price; enterprise; excess demand; state enterprise; price level; budget constraint; socialized enterprise; consumer goods; excess demand pressure; price flexibility; enterprise autonomy; planned economy; enterprise fulfillment; administered price change; price liberalization; enterprise sector; enterprises shift; Trade balance; Exports; Inflation; Exchange rates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 1990-01-01
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