国际货币基金组织：为投资和其他支出需求创造财政空间的选择：德国（英文版）

Germany needs substantially higher levels of public investment. At the same time, the country is facing rising pension, healthcare, long-term care, and defense expenditures. If Germany were eventually to ease moderately its national fiscal rules, as recommended by IMF staff, this would create some fiscal room but would not be sufficient on its own. This paper therefore explores options for Germany to generate additional fiscal room by reducing its public spending and increasing its revenues,