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The Role of Monetary Policy in Israel's 1985 Stabilization Effort

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Comparing the performances of the Austral, Cruzado and Sheqel programs shows that the latent suggestion that a “heterodox” stabilization program can be implemented without tight fiscal discipline to support a restrictive monetary policy, though welcome in the politicial arena, is unwarranted. Freezes, pegs and controls alone are bound to lead to dismal failure. A highly restrictive monetary policy sustained by a tight fiscal policy persisting for a lengthy interval (in terms of the political horizon), supported by a stable exchange rate as a highly visible nominal anchor and by a temporary but significant erosion of real wages, have succeeded to contain a runaway inflation in Israel.

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  • International Monetary Fund, 1990. "The Role of Monetary Policy in Israel's 1985 Stabilization Effort," IMF Working Papers 1990/029, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:1990/029
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