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Macroeconomic Uncertainty, Precautionary Savings and the Current Account

Ostry, Jonathan David - 1992

incorporate the effects of macroeconomic uncertainty on private savings behavior. It is shown that the greater the uncertainty in … savings and, other things equal, the larger is the current account surplus. Empirical support for the model is found using …

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Saving, Investment, and the Regional Current Account : An Analysis of Canadian, British, and German Regions

Thomas, Alun H. - 1993

relationship between total regional saving and investment is significantly negative in Canada and the United Kingdom, in contrast … is negative in Canada which suggests that capital is mobile for individuals. The relationship between retained earnings … and private investment is significantly positive in the U.K. and Canada suggesting capital immobility for firms but a test …

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The puzzle of Brazil's high interest rates

Segura-Ubiergo, Alex - 2012

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Pressing the Indian growth accelerator : policy imperatives

Mohan, Rakesh; Kapur, Muneesh - 2015

India's real GDP growth slipped substantially after the North Atlantic financial crisis. Return to a sustained high growth trajectory is feasible but it will need much more focused attention to the revival of manufacturing and to the acceleration of investment in transport and infrastructure....

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China’s demography and its implications

Lee, Il Houng; Qingjun, Xu; Syed, Murtaza - 2013

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Dissecting saving dynamics : measuring wealth, precautionary, and credit effects

Carroll, Chris; Slacalek, Jirka; Sommer, Martin - 2012

We argue that the U.S. personal saving rate's long stability (from the 1960s through the early 1980s), subsequent steady decline (1980s - 2007), and recent substantial increase (2008 - 2011) can all be interpreted using a parsimonious 'buffer stock' model of optimal consumption in the presence...