Impacts of high and volatile oil prices and policy choices Shikha Jha.
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Impacts of high and volatile oil prices and policy choices
Shikha Jha
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Country-level impacts Trade balance Inflation Fiscal balance Households
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Winners and losers of global food and oil price fluctuations
Corn Wheat Soy Rice Oil Gas Coal Rubber Palm TOTAL
PRC 0.0 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -2.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -3.0
HKG 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -6.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.0 -7.2
IND 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 -2.3 0.0 -0.8 0.0 0.0 -2.9
INO -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -1.0 2.5 3.0 1.4 2.0 7.2
KOR -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -6.1 -2.7 -1.6 -0.2 0.0 -11.1
MAL -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 1.8 6.1 -0.8 0.7 5.4 12.4
PHI 0.0 -0.4 0.0 -0.2 -3.7 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -4.7
SIN 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -3.4 -1.8 0.0 0.0 -0.2 -5.5
TAP 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.5 -5.1 -2.0 -2.0 0.1 -0.1 -9.5
THA 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 1.9 -9.1 -1.4 -0.4 3.8 0.1 -5.5
Note: Darker red cells = biggest net importer of that commodity , lighter green cells = largest net exporter of that commodity Source: Credit Suisse. 2012. Asia: Winners and losers from commodity price moves. 13 Aug.
Net commodity export position of selected countries (% of GDP)
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Higher energy prices add to inflation
• Energy carries a large weight in CPI– Headline versus core inflation
• High energy prices increase inflation– First and second-round effects
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High subsidies imply high fiscal deficits
• Countries that subsidize more of gasoline, diesel, or kerosene run relatively higher fiscal deficits1
– Bangladesh– Lao PDR– Pakistan– Sri Lanka– Viet Nam
• The fiscal cost of fuel tax decreases and higher fuel subsidies accounted for average 63% of the total increase in fiscal cost between 2006 & 20082
1Source: Jha et al (2009) , 2 IMF (2008)
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Fiscal buffers have declined with fiscal stimulus
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Fiscal balance (% of GDP)
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Higher fiscal deficits are associated with higher public debts
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Sources: ADB 2008a; CEIC Data Company, Ltd.; Economic Intelligence Unit country reports; IMF country reports; Bank Negara Malaysia; Bureau of the Treasury, Philippines; Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Directorate General of Debt Management, Indonesia; Maldives Monetary Authority Monthly Statistical Report; Ministry of Finance, India; Ministry of Finance, Pakistan; Ministry of Finance, Thailand; Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea; National Bureau of Statistics of China.
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Most of the world’s poor live in Asia
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Sub Sa-haran Africa33%
Develop-ing Asia
63%
Rest of the World
4%
Source: 2011. Wan and Sebastian. Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: An Update
Home to 2/3rd of the world’s poor
The poor spend larger % of income on energy
… and get much higher energy price shock than the rich
Share of population living below $1.25-a-day poverty line, 2008
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Impacts on living standards
• Reduced consumption of fuels and changes energy composition (traditional and commercial)
• Costlier heating & cooking worsen the poor’s standard of living
• Adversely affect women and children
• Higher household expenditure on fuels reduce purchasing power and health & education spending
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Policy choices to reduce trade deficit
• Set domestic prices right to create demand response• Seek local sources of energy• Improve energy efficiency
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Policy choices to reduce fiscal deficit and debt
• By not fully passing on the world oil prices, governments risk incurring large fiscal costs and public debt
• Integrate subsidies financed through off-budget funds into the budget process to make fiscal risks transparent
• Reduce unproductive expenditures which reduce the impact of fiscal measures – minimize waste, inefficiency, pilferage and leakage
• Establish a debt stabilization program.
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Policies to reduce the Social Cost
• Target fuel subsidies at the poor (e.g., coupons or voucher schemes).
• Introduce direct income support for the affected poor (extend existing schemes, such as CCTs, or introduce new schemes).
• Strengthen automatic stabilizers (unemployment benefits, state transfers & taxes)