Accounting for One-off Operations when Assessing Underlying Fiscal Positions:

Frequent recourse to large one-off operations in a number of OECD countries has undermined the accuracy of cyclically adjusted fiscal balances as a measure of both the sustainability of public finance and the fiscal stance. This paper first provides detailed information on the nature and amount of t...

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Main Author: Joumard, Isabelle (Author)
Other Authors: Minegishi, Makoto (Contributor), André, Christophe (Contributor), Nicq, Chantal (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Paris OECD Publishing 2008
Series:OECD Economics Department Working Papers
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Frequent recourse to large one-off operations in a number of OECD countries has undermined the accuracy of cyclically adjusted fiscal balances as a measure of both the sustainability of public finance and the fiscal stance. This paper first provides detailed information on the nature and amount of these one-offs for 9 OECD countries. The paper then presents a new indicator - the "underlying" fiscal balance - which effectively eliminates the impact of one-offs and cyclical developments. One-offs are derived as the deviations from trend in net capital transfers, i.e. from widely available national account data. This approach provides a consistent treatment of one-offs both across countries and over time, avoiding the potential information biases which could result from an individual identification of one-offs
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (33 Seiten) 21 x 29.7cm
DOI:10.1787/236220765316

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