Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?

This paper introduces an "index of macroeconomic space" -- demonstrating the ability of a country to run a countercyclical fiscal policy or a fiscal stimulus at any point in time -- to show how a sample of 20 mostly middle-income countrie...

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Main Authors: van Doorn, Ralph, Suri, Vivek, Gooptu, Sudarshan
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100726102850
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topic AGGREGATE DEMAND
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK CREDIT
BANK LENDING
BASIS POINTS
BILATERAL CREDITORS
BOND INDEX
BOND ISSUANCES
BONDS
BORROWING COSTS
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICES
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CONTINGENT LIABILITY
CREDIBILITY
CREDIT EXPANSION
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT LINE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDITORS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES
DEBT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT BURDENS
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT DYNAMICS
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEBT LEVEL
DEBT LEVELS
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
DEBT PORTFOLIOS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT REDUCTION
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SOURCE
DEBT STOCKS
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET BOND
EMERGING MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICIES
EXPANSIONARY POLICIES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL DEBT BURDENS
EXTERNAL DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
EXTERNAL FINANCING
EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT
FEDERAL RESERVE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL POSITION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL BALANCES
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL EXPENDITURE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED EXCHANGE RATE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GROSS DEBT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH DEBT
INCOME
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INFLATION TARGETING
INFLATIONARY PRESSURE
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INSTRUMENT
INTEREST EXPENDITURE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INVENTORY
LEVELS OF DEBT
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY SUPPORT
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOW DEBT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MATURITIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL INCOME
NET DEBT
NET EXTERNAL DEBT
NOMINAL INTEREST RATE
NUMERICAL VALUE
OUTPUT
OUTSTANDING CLAIMS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL CYCLE
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO CAPITAL
PORTFOLIO EQUITY
PORTFOLIOS
POTENTIAL OUTPUT
PRICE RISKS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE EXTERNAL DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT STOCK
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REAL GDP
REMITTANCES
RETURNS
RISK ASSESSMENTS
SAFETY NET
SHARE OF INCOME
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOVEREIGN DEBT
SOVEREIGN ENTITIES
STOCK OF DEBT
SUB-NATIONAL ENTITIES
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES
SWAP
SWAPS
TOTAL DEBT
TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT
TREASURIES
TROUGH
UNEMPLOYMENT
WARRANTS
spellingShingle AGGREGATE DEMAND
ASSETS
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANK CREDIT
BANK LENDING
BASIS POINTS
BILATERAL CREDITORS
BOND INDEX
BOND ISSUANCES
BONDS
BORROWING COSTS
CAPITAL FLOW
CAPITAL FLOWS
CAPITAL MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS
CENTRAL BANKS
COMMERCIAL BANKS
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMMODITY PRICE
COMMODITY PRICES
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
CONTINGENT LIABILITY
CREDIBILITY
CREDIT EXPANSION
CREDIT GROWTH
CREDIT LINE
CREDIT MARKETS
CREDITORS
CURRENT ACCOUNT
CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT
CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES
DEBT
DEBT ACCUMULATION
DEBT BURDENS
DEBT CRISIS
DEBT DYNAMICS
DEBT INSTRUMENTS
DEBT LEVEL
DEBT LEVELS
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY
DEBT PORTFOLIOS
DEBT RATIO
DEBT REDUCTION
DEBT RELIEF
DEBT SOURCE
DEBT STOCKS
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
DEBT SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES
DEVALUATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DOMESTIC CREDIT
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC INTEREST RATE
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET BOND
EMERGING MARKETS
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICIES
EXPANSIONARY POLICIES
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNAL DEBT
EXTERNAL DEBT BURDENS
EXTERNAL DEBT SUSTAINABILITY
EXTERNAL FINANCING
EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT
FEDERAL RESERVE
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL MARKET
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FINANCIAL POSITION
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE
FISCAL BALANCE
FISCAL BALANCES
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
FISCAL DEFICITS
FISCAL EXPENDITURE
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED EXCHANGE RATE
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK
GDP
GDP DEFLATOR
GDP PER CAPITA
GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GROSS DEBT
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HIGH DEBT
INCOME
INDEBTEDNESS
INFLATION
INFLATION TARGETING
INFLATIONARY PRESSURE
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INSTRUMENT
INTEREST EXPENDITURE
INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST
INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES
INTERNATIONAL MARKET
INVENTORY
LEVELS OF DEBT
LIQUIDITY
LIQUIDITY SUPPORT
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOW DEBT
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICIES
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET CONDITIONS
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
MATURITIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY
MONETARY FUND
MONETARY POLICY
NATIONAL INCOME
NET DEBT
NET EXTERNAL DEBT
NOMINAL INTEREST RATE
NUMERICAL VALUE
OUTPUT
OUTSTANDING CLAIMS
POLICY RESPONSE
POLITICAL CYCLE
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO CAPITAL
PORTFOLIO EQUITY
PORTFOLIOS
POTENTIAL OUTPUT
PRICE RISKS
PRIVATE CREDIT
PRIVATE EXTERNAL DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT
PUBLIC DEBT STOCK
PUBLIC FINANCES
PUBLIC SPENDING
REAL GDP
REMITTANCES
RETURNS
RISK ASSESSMENTS
SAFETY NET
SHARE OF INCOME
SHORT-TERM DEBT
SOCIAL SAFETY NET
SOVEREIGN DEBT
SOVEREIGN ENTITIES
STOCK OF DEBT
SUB-NATIONAL ENTITIES
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES
SWAP
SWAPS
TOTAL DEBT
TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT
TREASURIES
TROUGH
UNEMPLOYMENT
WARRANTS
van Doorn, Ralph
Suri, Vivek
Gooptu, Sudarshan
Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5381
description This paper introduces an "index of macroeconomic space" -- demonstrating the ability of a country to run a countercyclical fiscal policy or a fiscal stimulus at any point in time -- to show how a sample of 20 mostly middle-income countries had entered the 2008 global financial crisis with different initial conditions that, in turn, determined their ability to respond to this crisis. Since 2008, many have implemented expansionary fiscal policies and have used up available macroeconomic space. Most have had to resort to increased borrowing by the public sector, both externally and domestically. Can the middle-income countries restore their pre-2008 macroeconomic space (to the level given by historical averages of key macroeconomic variables) or contain it from further deterioration in the medium term? In an endeavor to address this question, this paper shows, through illustrative scenarios, that the room to maneuver for some countries is somewhat limited unless they embark on severe, unprecedented fiscal adjustments or they may need more time to do so than current projections seem to suggest.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author van Doorn, Ralph
Suri, Vivek
Gooptu, Sudarshan
author_facet van Doorn, Ralph
Suri, Vivek
Gooptu, Sudarshan
author_sort van Doorn, Ralph
title Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
title_short Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
title_full Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
title_fullStr Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
title_full_unstemmed Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis?
title_sort do middle-income countries continue to have the ability to deal with the global financial crisis?
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100726102850
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3865
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spelling okr-10986-38652021-04-23T14:02:13Z Do Middle-Income Countries Continue to Have the Ability to Deal with the Global Financial Crisis? van Doorn, Ralph Suri, Vivek Gooptu, Sudarshan AGGREGATE DEMAND ASSETS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK CREDIT BANK LENDING BASIS POINTS BILATERAL CREDITORS BOND INDEX BOND ISSUANCES BONDS BORROWING COSTS CAPITAL FLOW CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL MARKET CAPITAL MARKETS CENTRAL BANKS COMMERCIAL BANKS COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICE COMMODITY PRICES CONTINGENT LIABILITIES CONTINGENT LIABILITY CREDIBILITY CREDIT EXPANSION CREDIT GROWTH CREDIT LINE CREDIT MARKETS CREDITORS CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCES CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUSES DEBT DEBT ACCUMULATION DEBT BURDENS DEBT CRISIS DEBT DYNAMICS DEBT INSTRUMENTS DEBT LEVEL DEBT LEVELS DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT MANAGEMENT CAPACITY DEBT PORTFOLIOS DEBT RATIO DEBT REDUCTION DEBT RELIEF DEBT SOURCE DEBT STOCKS DEBT SUSTAINABILITY DEBT SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES DEVALUATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRY DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC INTEREST RATE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET BOND EMERGING MARKETS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXCHANGE RATES EXPANSIONARY FISCAL POLICIES EXPANSIONARY POLICIES EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL DEBT BURDENS EXTERNAL DEBT SUSTAINABILITY EXTERNAL FINANCING EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT FEDERAL RESERVE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL MARKET FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL POSITION FINANCIAL SECTOR FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL STRUCTURE FISCAL BALANCE FISCAL BALANCES FISCAL CONSOLIDATION FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL EXPENDITURE FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FIXED EXCHANGE RATE FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK GDP GDP DEFLATOR GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS GOVERNMENT REVENUE GROSS DEBT GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HIGH DEBT INCOME INDEBTEDNESS INFLATION INFLATION TARGETING INFLATIONARY PRESSURE INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INSTRUMENT INTEREST EXPENDITURE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL FLOWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKETS INTERNATIONAL CREDIT INTERNATIONAL INTEREST INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKET INVENTORY LEVELS OF DEBT LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY SUPPORT LOCAL CURRENCY LOW DEBT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET PARTICIPANTS MATURITIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY MONETARY FUND MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL INCOME NET DEBT NET EXTERNAL DEBT NOMINAL INTEREST RATE NUMERICAL VALUE OUTPUT OUTSTANDING CLAIMS POLICY RESPONSE POLITICAL CYCLE PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO CAPITAL PORTFOLIO EQUITY PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL OUTPUT PRICE RISKS PRIVATE CREDIT PRIVATE EXTERNAL DEBT PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC DEBT STOCK PUBLIC FINANCES PUBLIC SPENDING REAL GDP REMITTANCES RETURNS RISK ASSESSMENTS SAFETY NET SHARE OF INCOME SHORT-TERM DEBT SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOVEREIGN DEBT SOVEREIGN ENTITIES STOCK OF DEBT SUB-NATIONAL ENTITIES SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSES SWAP SWAPS TOTAL DEBT TOTAL EXTERNAL DEBT TREASURIES TROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT WARRANTS This paper introduces an "index of macroeconomic space" -- demonstrating the ability of a country to run a countercyclical fiscal policy or a fiscal stimulus at any point in time -- to show how a sample of 20 mostly middle-income countries had entered the 2008 global financial crisis with different initial conditions that, in turn, determined their ability to respond to this crisis. Since 2008, many have implemented expansionary fiscal policies and have used up available macroeconomic space. Most have had to resort to increased borrowing by the public sector, both externally and domestically. Can the middle-income countries restore their pre-2008 macroeconomic space (to the level given by historical averages of key macroeconomic variables) or contain it from further deterioration in the medium term? In an endeavor to address this question, this paper shows, through illustrative scenarios, that the room to maneuver for some countries is somewhat limited unless they embark on severe, unprecedented fiscal adjustments or they may need more time to do so than current projections seem to suggest. 2012-03-19T18:41:11Z 2012-03-19T18:41:11Z 2010-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100726102850 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3865 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5381 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region