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How Australia Has Been Affected by US Monetary and Fiscal Policies: 1960 to 2022

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  • Jonathan Leightner

    (Hull College of Business, Summerville Campus, Augusta University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, USA)

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This paper uses Reiterative Truncated Projected Least Squares to estimate the effects of US monetary and fiscal policy on Australia using quarterly data between 1960 and 2022. When Australia had a fixed exchange rate (1960–1983), both US fiscal and monetary policies were positively correlated with Australia’s GDP, which fits the predictions of a small-country IS/LM/BP model with relatively immobile capital. When Australia had a flexible exchange rate (1984–2022), US fiscal policy was positively correlated with Australia’s GDP, but US monetary policy was negatively correlated with Australia’s GDP, which fits the predictions of a large-country IS/LM/BP model.

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  • Jonathan Leightner, 2024. "How Australia Has Been Affected by US Monetary and Fiscal Policies: 1960 to 2022," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-17, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jjrfmx:v:17:y:2024:i:3:p:96-:d:1344465
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