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Monetary Policy Framework Enhancement

6 Government forges ahead with structural and market- friendly reforms Covid-19 Solidarity Fund Urgent Consideration Law 2020-2024 Budget Law ✓ 2020 Accountability Law Approved on April 8th 2020 , Voted unanimously by all parties, to be managed by the Executive branch. ■Fund earmarks the budgetary resources to address the emergency, keeping tabs of the Covid- related expenditures and where and how the money is spent. Approved on July 9th, 2020 ■Changes in the tax code for small businesses. ■Changes in the regulatory framework for energy markets. Commission of experts of the Pension Reform submitted the diagnosis on March 23rd 2021 and has 90 days onwards to present a comprehensive reform to Congress. ■ Draft of new fiscal framework. Approved on December 18th, 2020 New governance for public enterprises: performance targets and accountability. Environmental and ESG-focused policies (Helsinski Principles). Implementation of new fiscal institutionality. Approved on October 26th, 2021 ■ Achievement of 2020 fiscal targets. ■ Updated macro and fiscal projections for the 2021-2025 period. Focus on the efficiency of primary expenditures and the implementation of social programs addressing child poverty and housing for lower-income families On September 29, 2021, the Fiscal Advisory Council was established (a technical, honorary and independent body) tasked with assessing the overall implementation of the fiscal rule). Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay. 22
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