This article is published in association with IMF. Fiscal rules have come under a range of criticism in recent years in the UK and elsewhere. In general, the argument of critics has been that they encourage sub-optimal economic policy-making. For example, they have been blamed for forcing countries into counterproductive austerity to not enforcing fiscal sustainability […]Removing the ‘Fiction’, and Other Flaws, from the UK Fiscal Framework
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Fiscal rules have come under a range of criticism in recent years in the UK and elsewhere. In general, the argument of critics has been that they encourage sub-optimal economic policy-making. For example, they have been blamed for forcing countries into counterproductive austerity to not enforcing fiscal sustainability […]
