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Reducing Public Debt in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis: Renewing with Financial Repression

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  • Halep Maria

    (Doctoral School ASE Bucarest – International Business)

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Since the 2008 financial crisis burst, public finance accounts in developed economies have been continuously deteriorating; both fiscal and monetary policies are reaching their limits, while unemployment rates are soaring and GDP growth is fragile, if not inexistent. The aim of this article is to consider the options at the hand of developed economies for reducing the public debt burden. Section 1 draws a picture on the general economic outlook in the developed economies and emerging countries. Section 2 considers the different ways in which a country’s debt burden can be diminished. Section 3 defines the concept of debt financial repression and its main features. Section 4 focuses on researchers’ work on historical data, to measure the debt erosion after WW2 and section 5 analyses the current economic situation and tries to assess whether the outlook is similar and whether a similar eroding process is worth considering. Section 6 concludes.

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  • Halep Maria, 2013. "Reducing Public Debt in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis: Renewing with Financial Repression," Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series, Ovidius University of Constantza, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 0(1), pages 37-42, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:ovi:oviste:v:xii:y:2012:i:1:p:37-42
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    Keywords

    debt liquidation; financial repression; public debt; macro prudential policies; real interest rates;
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    JEL classification:

    • E4 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Money and Interest Rates
    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • F4 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance
    • H6 - Public Economics - - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt
    • N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative

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