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A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output.

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fiscal policy The spending-and-taxing half of macro, as against the central-bank half: multipliers, stabilisers, stimulus.

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  1. Olivier Blanchard Economist; former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund
    If a fiscal expansion takes place when output is already at potential, monetary policy is likely to tighten, leading to higher interest rates and thus a smaller effect or even no effect of the fiscal expansion on output.

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