Relations between national public and private savings, domestic investment, and the current account are analyzed with … of aggregate savings on investment is found and government deficits tend to increase current account imbalances … literature. The results from the two approaches are rather different. The simulation results indicate that private savings …

savings rate on the investment rate, as performed in the literature, are shown to be incorrect tests of the hypothesis of … between current accounts, budget deficits, investment rates and transitory output shocks. It is argued that such a model could … current account and savings equations. Empirical tests of the model for a sample of 18 OECD countries present good evidence …

savings rate on the investment rate, as performed in the literature, are shown to be incorrect tests of the hypothesis of … between current accounts, budget deficits, investment rates and transitory output shocks. It is argued that such a model could … current account and savings equations. Empirical tests of the model for a sample of 18 OECD countries present good evidence …

, which is that even though global financial markets appear to be integrated, levels of saving and investment are correlated …

possible shifts in global savings and investment that have led to this fall in the world real interest rate. There are several … factors explaining movements in savings and investment are variables that evolve relatively slowly over time, such as labour … key findings. First, the authors identify the relative weakness in investment demand as more important than the relative …