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Réformer le pacte de stabilité : l'état du débat

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  • Catherine Mathieu
  • Henri Sterdyniak

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Reforming the SGP has become a highly debated issue in Europe. This paper starts with recalling the fiscal policy framework in the euro area : the 3 % of GDP limit for public deficits, stability programmes, the broad economic policy guidelines. The weaknesses of the existing procedures are addressed: the arbitrary nature of the criteria, the lack of economic policy co-ordination.We discuss the propositions recently made by the Commission to strengthen its influence on national fiscal policies. We then deal with several other propositions : budgetary federalism, golden rule of public finances, budgetary policy committees, public debt rather than deficits surveillance. Finally, we present our proposal : national budgetary policies would be responsible for managing the inflation-production trade off, under a medium term inflation objective, while monetary policy would target interest rates. JEL code : E6.

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  • Catherine Mathieu & Henri Sterdyniak, 2003. "Réformer le pacte de stabilité : l'état du débat," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 84(1), pages 145-179.
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