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encompasses the two biggest countries in the world: the U.S.A. and China. Many authors defend the assertion that the relationship … increased its deficit in the last decade, China has improved its surplus. To investigate this relationship, this study performed … for the external balances of America and China in 2008. The dynamics of the Chinese external balance changed after the …
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We use a quantitative equilibrium model with houses, collateralized debt, and foreign borrowing to study the impact of global imbalances on the U.S. economy in the 2000s. Our results suggest that the dynamics of foreign capital flows account for between one-fourth and one-third of the increase...
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We use a quantitative equilibrium model with houses, collateralized debt, and foreign borrowing to study the impact of global imbalances on the U.S. economy in the 2000s. Our results suggest that the dynamics of foreign capital flows account for between one-fourth and one-third of the increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074008
interesting implications for how one views the huge US current account deficit and how the emergence of China's savings surplus … also at a lower income level than without the China effect. Moreover, we argue that the lower real interest rates resulting … from excess OPEC savings have facilitated the adjustment to the subprime crisis. -- China factor ; current account …
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interesting implications for how one views the huge US current account deficit and how the emergence of China's savings surplus … also at a lower growth rate than without the China effect. Moreover, we argue that the lower real interest rates resulting … from excess OPEC savings have facilitated the adjustment to the subprime crisis. -- China factor ; current account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863065
rates. We set up a two-country two-sector model for the US-China with two asymmetries. First, we assume that the size of … China initially is one third of the US but its size becomes half of the US in the next ten years consistent with the fast … growth expectations in China. Secondly, we assume that China initially runs a net export surplus against the US. Then we …
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The paper discusses global imbalances under the aspect of an asymmetric world monetary system. It identifies the US and euro area (Germany) as center countries with rising current account deficits (US) and surpluses (Germany) which are matched by respective current account surpluses of...
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This paper extends the model of Engler et al. (2007) on the adjustment of the US current account to a three-country world economy. This allows an analysis of the differential impact of a reversal of the US current account on Europe and Asia. In particular, the outcomes under different exchange...
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Differences in financial systems are often named as a prime candidate for the current state of global imbalances. This paper argues that the process of capital liberalization can explain a substantial fraction of the US net external liabilities. We present a simple two-country model with an...
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The paper discusses global current account imbalances in the context of an asymmetric world monetary system and asymmetric current account developments. It identifies the US and Germany as center countries with rising / high current account deficits (US) and surpluses (Germany). These are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009508894