Interest Rates and Government Debt: Are the Linkages Global Rather Than National?

Author/Editor:

Mark Scott Lutz ; Vito Tanzi

Publication Date:

January 1, 1991

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Summary:

Given the increasing integration of financial markets, a better understanding of the effects of fiscal deficits and debt on real interest rates might be obtained by taking a global, rather than a national, perspective. The paper constructs aggregate flow and stock data (including GDP, fiscal deficits, government debt, and saving rates) and examines the empirical evidence of the global effect of fiscal policies on interest rates. The sensitivity of the results to the choice of deficit (central or general government), public debt (gross or net), and saving (gross or net), as well as the level and method of aggregation, is also examined.

Series:

Working Paper No. 1991/006

Subject:

Exchange rates Expenditure External debt Financial services Foreign exchange Interest payments Public debt Real interest rates

English

Publication Date:

January 1, 1991

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451842227/1018-5941

Stock No:

WPIEA0061991

Pages:

46

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