00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.821815 CaOODSP 20221107143540 cr ||||||||||| 160729s2016 oncd ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- FB3-6/2016-13E-PDF Poloz, Stephen S. The Doug Purvis memorial lecture - monetary/fiscal policy mix and financial stability [electronic resource] : the medium term is still the message / by Stephen S. Poloz. Monetary/fiscal policy mix and financial stability [Ottawa] : Bank of Canada, c2016. iii, 18 p. Staff discussion paper, 1914-0568 ; 2016-13 "June 2016." Includes bibliographical references. Financial stability risks have become topical in the wake of the global financial crisis and the subsequent extended period of very low interest rates. This paper investigates the significance of the mix of monetary and fiscal policies for financial stability through counterfactual simulations of three key historical episodes, using the Bank’s main policy model, ToTEM (Terms-of-Trade Economic Model). The paper finds that there is an intimate relationship between the monetary/fiscal policy mix and the dynamics of both private sector and public sector debt accumulation. No attempt is made to develop criteria for policy mix optimization, since it is clear from the model simulations that the appropriate policy mix is highly state-dependent. This finding points to the need for a coherent framework for weighing the relative financial and macroeconomic consequences of accumulating public sector versus private sector debt. Furthermore, the analysis suggests that there are potential benefits to ex ante monetary/fiscal policy coordination, and that Canada’s policy framework—where the monetary and fiscal authorities jointly agree on an inflation target while enshrining central bank operational independence—represents an elegant coordinating mechanism. gccst Fiscal policy gccst Monetary policy Bank of Canada. Staff discussion paper (Bank of Canada) 2016-13 (CaOODSP)9.806273 PDF 795 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/banque-bank-canada/FB3-6-2016-13-eng.pdf