Does a single monetary policy need a single fiscal counterpart?
The absence of a single fiscal policy in the euro area does not necessarily constitute a problem for the ECB. In a deep financial crisis poorly coordinated national fiscal policies are likely to be insufficient. But outside crisis periods spill-over effects of fiscal policy are likely to be small and of uncertain sign. Moreover, fiscal policy is always subject to policy errors and other shocks. With many different national policies, individual errors and shocks would tend to cancel out each other, at least partially, thus delivering a more stable policy in the aggregate, which should facilitate the task of the ECB to maintain price stability. EMU reform efforts should thus not aim at creating a unified fiscal policy. This document was provided by Policy Department A at the request of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
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Daniel Gros, CEPS
À propos de ce document
Type de publication
Domaine politique
Mot-clé
- Banque centrale européenne
- convergence économique
- FINANCES
- fiscalité
- GÉOGRAPHIE
- géographie économique
- institutions de l'Union européenne et fonction publique européenne
- institutions financières et crédit
- intérêt
- politique fiscale
- politique monétaire unique
- politique économique
- politique économique
- UNION EUROPÉENNE
- ÉCONOMIE
- économie monétaire
- équilibre institutionnel (UE)
- État membre UE