I do think that in the long run, one can not intelligently determine
macroeconomic policy without maintaining an awareness of electoral politics.
Not exact matches
The strategies for achieving these broad
macroeconomic objectives include the following: • Promoting inclusive growth
without compromising fiscal consolidation; • Anchoring fiscal
policy on reducing the fiscal deficit to low and sustainable levels, sufficient to reduce the overall public debt burden; • Strengthening the inflation targeting regime and pursuing complementary monetary
policy to promote monetary discipline; and • Pursuing complementary external sector
policies to ensure exchange rate stability and favourable current account balance.
But
without stronger
macroeconomic policies - notably higher non-oil tax collections (to create fiscal space) and a more transparent foreign exchange regime (to facilitate adjustment and promote diversification)- the plan will not meet the objectives of fostering higher growth and employment»
For a real - world example of how a system of market - chosen monetary
policy would work in the absence of a central bank, one need not look to the past; the example exists in present - day Central America, in the Republic of Panama, a country that has lived
without a central bank since its independence, with a very successful and stable
macroeconomic environment.