Estimated Macroeconomic Effects of Deficit Targeting

Ray Fair ()

No 1814, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: Somemacroeconomic effects of deficit targeting are estimated in thispaper using my U.S. econometric model. The response of the economy to realand price shocks is examined in a number of cases. Each case corresponds toa particular assumption about fiscal policy and a particular assumptionabout monetary policy. Estimates are also presented of the size of thegovernment spending cuts that are needed to meet a given deficit goal underdifferent assumptions about monetary policy.

Date: 1986-01
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