Explore how the crowding-out and multiplier effects impact government stimulus spending. Learn which theory better stimulates ...

Olli Rehn is the European Commissioner for economics. Olli has spent much of his time in recent years telling everyone that Europe’s austerity policies were working and the Eurozone economy was just ...

Although it seems like a world away, the main economic policy argument in the early summer of 2010 was about the effectiveness of fiscal stimulus, in the wake of the Obama administration’s $787bn ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Forecasts for the European Union covering 2012-2014 were out on Wednesday. FT Alphaville thinks the EC may be ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation The effectiveness of fiscal policy in smoothing the impact of shocks depends critically on the size of fiscal multipliers.

Kate Mackenzie at FT Alphaville gives us the latest from International Monetary Fund chief economist Olivier Blanchard who wrote a little box in the latest IMF World Economic Outlook report arguing ...

The United States has implemented large-scale fiscal policy measures to help households and businesses cushion the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic and to strengthen the recovery. The ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a ₹20 trillion stimulus package, which amounts to around 10% of India’s GDP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 8 pm on Tuesday announced a ₹20 trillion ...

The fiscal “multiplier” measures how many additional dollars of output are gained or lost for each dollar of fiscal stimulus or contraction. In practice, the multiplier at any point in time depends on ...

Sean Ross is a strategic adviser at 1031x.com, Investopedia contributor, and the founder and manager of Free Lances Ltd. Fiscal policy uses government spending and taxes to influence the economy.