Fiscal Monitor

Fiscal Monitor, April 2017: Achieving More with Less

Publication Date:

April 19, 2017

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This publication is a survey by the IMF staff, published twice a year, in the spring and fall, as part of the IMF’s World Economic and Financial Surveys. The current issue analyzes the latest public finance developments, updates medium-term fiscal projections, and assesses policies aimed at placing public finances on a sustainable footing. An analytical chapter employs extensive firm-level data sets as well as new sources of data on tax policy and tax administration for advanced economies, emerging market economies, and low-income developing countries to assess the extent of resource misallocation within countries, focusing on how the design of the tax system may affect resource allocation.

Series:

Fiscal Monitor No. 2017/001

Subject:

Emerging and frontier financial markets Financial markets Fiscal policy Fiscal stance Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts Production Productivity Public debt Public financial management (PFM) Total factor productivity

Frequency:

Biannually