DID THE CRISIS CHANGE IT ALL? EVIDENCE FROM MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY

Ana Mitreska (), Maja Kadievska Vojnovic (), Ljupka Georgievska (), Branimir Jovanovic and Marija Petkovska ()
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Ana Mitreska: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Maja Kadievska Vojnovic: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Ljupka Georgievska: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia
Marija Petkovska: National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia

No 2010-05, Working Papers from National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia

Abstract: The recent financial and economic crisis has triggered bold and diverse policy responses to prevent further, sharper and prolonged adverse effects to the financial and the real sector. The measures for alleviating the cycle were a feature both of the advanced and the emerging and developing economies, albeit less pronounced in the latter. The bulk of extraordinary measures undertaken refers to providing monetary and fiscal stimulus, implying possible change within the monetary and the fiscal policy reaction function. Hence, in this study we estimate monetary and fiscal policy reaction function, on a sample of 61 advanced and emerging and developing countries, using panel techniques. Since the purpose is to assess the potential change in the reaction functions during the recent crisis, estimates are done for the period prior and during the crisis. More precisely, we have analyzed whether monetary and fiscal policies have been more focused on closing the output gap during the recent crisis vis-à-vis the period before the crisis. Our findings prove that the magnitude of the reaction has been much stronger during the crisis period. In addition to this key research question, the analysis investigates whether policy responses in the advanced economies have been stronger compared to the ones in developing economies. Advanced economies appear to have been much more aggressive in stabilizing output during crisis compared to their emerging and developing counterparts. Finally, the role of the constraints - the exchange rate regime, the initial conditions in context of external position (the current account balance and the level of external indebtedness), as well as the fiscal space (public debt) - is also explored. We find that the pegged exchange rate regime, the high current account and the high external indebtedness have constrained monetary authorities to respond to inflation and output during crisis, while there is mixed evidence for the constraining role of the high level of public debt to the fiscal policy reaction.

Keywords: E43; E52; E58; E61; E62; E63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2010-11
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