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Argentina 2000
2004
Fiscal Responsibility
Law (FRL)
Implementation of
Revised FRL
Yes
No
Balanced budget rule: Balance revenue and
expenditure excluding social and infrastructure
expenditure. Additionally, for provinces debt-
servicing costs cannot exceed 15 percent of
current revenues after transfers deduction.
Expenditure rule: Primary expenditure cannot
grow more than nominal GDP; Federal Fiscal
Responsibility Council was instated in 2000,
however its activities were suspended in 2009.
Peru 2000
2009
2013
Balanced Budget Rule
Balanced Budget Rule
Law 30099
Yes
Yes
No
Deficit ceiling for the non-financial public
sector. The ceiling was set at 2 percent of GDP
for 2000 and 2003, 1.5 percent of GDP for
2001, 2002, and from 2004–2008. Real growth
current expenditure ceiling of 2 percent (2000–
02), 3 percent (2003–08).
New limit of 2 percent for balanced budget was
set. Real growth of current expenditure limit
was at 4 percent, structural deficit limit at 1
percent of GDP.
Expenditure on maintenance of infrastructure,
goods, and services of social programs covered
by the performance-based budgeting scheme;
equipment intended for public order and
security were excluded from current
expenditure and were out of the ambit of the
stipulated limits.
Mexico 2006
2009
2013
Balanced Budget Rule –
Cash basis
Balanced Budget Rule
Expenditure Rule
No
Yes
Yes
Rule applies to the federal public sector which
includes the central government, social
security, and key public enterprises.
Status quo with exclusion of investment outlays
of the state-owned oil company, Pemex, from
the balanced-budget rule. Although sanctions
were also thought of, escape clauses also
existed.
Cap on structural current spending (SCS)
defined as current primary expenditure
including transfers to state and local
governments for capital but excluding those
outlays governed by automatic rules (pensions,
subsidies for electricity, and tax devolution);
SCS cannot grow faster than 2 percent in real
terms through 2017.
Australia 1985
1998
Expenditure Rule
Charter of Budget
Honesty Act
Yes
Yes
Expenditure Rule, Balanced Budget Rule,
Revenue Rule
Achieve budget surpluses over the medium
term; keep taxation as a share of GDP below
the level of 2007–08. Improve the
government’s net financial worth over the
medium term. Commitment to restrain real
growth in spending to 2 percent per year since
2009.
Brazil 2000 Fiscal Responsibility
Law
Yes Expenditure rule: Personnel expenditure is
limited to 50 percent of net current revenue for
the federal government, and 60 percent for
states and municipalities.
Debt rule: New borrowing must be at most
equal to public investment.