domestic saving. Overall, policies should help reduce the risk of disruptions in capital flows as monetary policy stimulus is …

menu of saving instruments. Improvements in the business environment would spur foreign direct investment, making for … competitiveness problems and a dearth of domestic saving. They need to be addressed using both macroeconomic and structural policy … balanced growth through strengthened competitiveness and greater private saving calls inter alia for increased labour force …

savings. In line with life-cycle theory, we found that longevity increases saving ratios. …

domestic saving appears to be a major constraint to higher investment rates in Brazil. Due to high levels of current …Low investment rates are limiting Brazil’s future potential growth rate. This paper analyses a number of potential … reasons for these low investment rates and discusses policy options to achieve faster capital accumulation. A shortage of …

SAVING DOES NOT EQUAL INVESTMENT John Maynard Keynes confused economists and politicians all over the world when he … wrote, “Saving is necessary to equal investment” together with a few equations to confirm his idea and finally concluding … that S = I. There have been repeated discussions about how saving can equal investment, accidentally or with certainty. We …

investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the … improving in key sectors, partly thanks to greater private investment, bottlenecks endure and efforts to intensify competition … and ensure continued strong investment are required. Labour market reforms are also required to promote job creation …

This paper explores the impact of structural policies on saving, investment, and current accounts in OECD and non … well as for a panel/cross-section of 117 OECD and non-OECD countries that relate saving, investment and current accounts to … saving, investment and current accounts through their impact on macroeconomic conditions such as productivity growth or …

pays, thresholds are set to be raised considerably. A goods and services tax is to be introduced, which should help reduce … the segmentation of the national market for goods and services. Customs duties have been reduced on average but remain …