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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788224003321

Autore

Kumhof Michael

Titolo

Fiscal Deficits and Current Account Deficits / / Michael Kumhof, Douglas Laxton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

1-4623-1641-7

9786612844386

1-4527-0667-0

1-4518-7384-0

1-282-84438-5

Descrizione fisica

23 p. : ill

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

LaxtonDouglas

Soggetti

Finance, Public - Econometric models

Debts, Public

Accounts current

Fiscal policy

Banks and Banking

Exports and Imports

Public Finance

Interest Rates: Determination, Term Structure, and Effects

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Current Account Adjustment

Short-term Capital Movements

Finance

Public finance & taxation

International economics

Real interest rates

Government debt management

Public debt

Current account

Current account deficits

Interest rates

Balance of payments

United States



Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"October 2009".

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The effectiveness of recent fiscal stimulus packages significantly depends on the assumption of non-Ricardian savings behavior. We show that, under the same assumption, fiscal deficits can have worrisome implications if they turn out to be permanent. First, if they occur in large countries they significantly raise the world real interest rate. Second, they cause a short run current account deterioration equal to around 50 percent of the fiscal deficit deterioration. Third, the longer run current account deterioration equals almost 75 percent for a large economy such as the United States, and almost 100 percent for a small open economy.