The challenge of the public debt

Vol. 8 No. 2 (1988)

Apr-Jun / 1988
Published April 1, 1988
PDF-Portuguese (Português (Brasil))
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How to Cite

Alves, Sílvio Rodrigues. 1998. “The Challenge of the Public Debt”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 8 (2):326-34. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571988-2139.

The challenge of the public debt

Sílvio Rodrigues Alves
Departamento Econômico do Banco Central do Brasil, Brasília/DF, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 8 No. 2 (1988), Apr-Jun / 1988, Pages 326-334

Abstract

As challenging as dealing with the public deficit it is to calculate it. This piece
deals with the measurement of the government savings and public sector borrowing requirements
and compares Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico statistics.

JEL Classification: H62; H68; H83.


Keywords: Deficit public accounts national accounting