FISCO: modelo fiscal para Colombia

Abstract

The government is an agent that influences economic activity throughout the economic cycle, thereby affecting a country's real and nominal variables through income and spending policies. The purpose of this document is to construct a neo-Keynesian dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model (DSGE) for Colombia in which the government plays a key role in the economy. The five main conclusions of the document show that inflation is relevant for both monetary and fiscal policies; shocks to fiscal policy are offset to a certain degree by monetary policy, while shocks to monetary policy are endorsed by fiscal policy; additionally, cuts to public investment impact economic cycles to a greater extent than government spending cuts, and the fiscal rule helps to stabilise government finances in the face of certain shocks.