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Obstacles to Disinflation: What is the Role of Fiscal Expectations?

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Oya Celasun
Gaston R. Gelos
Alessandro Prati

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Is backward-looking behavior in pricing or imperfect credibility of stabilization efforts responsible for the failure of inflation rates to decline to targeted levels during many disinflation programs? This paper assesses the relative importance of these two factors during a number of disinflation attempts in developing and transition economies. Using survey data, we find that expectations of future inflation play a much more important role than past inflation in shaping the inflation process. We also find that an improvement in primary fiscal balances significantly reduces inflation expectations. This suggests that during stabilization episodes, priority should be given to building fiscal credibility by strengthening public finances.

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Paper provided by International Monetary Fund in its series IMF Working Papers with number 04/111.

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Keywords: Disinflation Economic stabilization Inflation targeting Emerging markets Fiscal management Public finance Economic models

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