Economic Theory and Business Management ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 117-132.

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Structural Demand Shock,Policy Independence,and Monetary-Fiscal Policy Coordination

  

  1. School of Finance,Renmin University of China
  • Online:2024-03-18 Published:2024-02-16

结构性需求冲击、政策独立性与财政货币政策协调机制研究

  

  1. 中国人民大学财政金融学院
  • 基金资助:
    本文得到国家社科基金重大项目(20&ZD104)的资助。

Abstract:

From 2020 to 2022,Chinas macroeconomy was significantly impacted by exogenous shocks The differences in output between contactintensive and noncontactintensive production sectors subtly revealed the asymmetric nature of the impact of exogenous shocks on different production sectors during this period This paper defines sectoral structural shocks as exogenous fluctuations affecting only a portion of production sectors in the economy The negative impact on China's macroeconomy during the mentioned period includes structural demand shocks to contactintensive sectorsThe effective use of macroeconomic policies to address these challenges is a matter of concern for academia and policy authorities
The paper establishes a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model with heterogeneity in household and production sectors We investigate how fiscal and monetary policies should be implemented and coordinated to effectively achieve the policy goals of “stabilizing employment and promoting consumption” under sectoral structural demand shocks We identifies the negative sequences of structural demand shocks experienced by contactintensive sectors during the mentioned period and subsequently utilize the model to analyze the effectiveness of different fiscal and monetary policy tools and coordination mechanisms
We find that the emphasis of different policy tools varies:government consumption and enterprise subsidy policies are more effective in stabilizing employment,while transfer payments to households and personal income tax rate policies are more effective in promoting consumption Lowering policy rate can promote employment and consumption,while required reserve ratio is not an effective policy tool
The paper also examines the “monetary independence” and “nonmonetary independence” fiscalmonetary policy coordination mechanisms Results show that the “monetary independence” mechanism,where fiscal and monetary policy do not depend on each other,is more efficient in reducing real interest rates compared to the “nonmonetary independence” mechanism,where monetary policy adjusts adaptively to fiscal policy
The research conclusions have at least two implications for the future design of fiscal and monetary policies Firstly,the findings are applicable to general sectoral structural demand shocks,providing policy suggestions for future similar shocks Secondly,the results subtly suggest that enhancing the independence of monetary policy can improve the effectiveness of the monetaryfiscal policy mix Direct monetary accommodation to fiscal policy can subdue the effectiveness of policy mix

Key words: structural demand shock, monetary-fiscal policy coordination, monetary policy independence

摘要: 结构性需求冲击非对称地影响不同生产部门产品需求。本文研究此类负向冲击下,财政货币政策如何实施及配合才能实现“稳就业、促消费”目标。本文建立了区分直接和未直接受冲击部门的DSGE模型,考察财政货币政策工具及政策协调机制的有效性。结果表明:政府消费和对企业补贴适用于稳定就业;对家庭转移支付和降低个人所得税适用于促进消费;利率工具比法定存准率工具更有效。保持货币政策独立性有利于财政货币政策组合发挥作用。

关键词: 结构性需求冲击, 财政货币政策协调, 货币政策独立性