The Significance of the Current Account : Implications of European Financial Integration /

This paper reasseses the significance of persistent current imbalances as they become easier to finance in the process of European integration. After highlighting some limitations of simple saving-investment guidelines for policies toward the current account, the paper shows that an economy's c...

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Main Author: Molho, Lazaros
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1990.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1990/030
Online Access:Full text available on IMF
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