The U.S. Current Account Deficit and the Global Economy.

This paper presents the views of Lawrence H. Summers on the U.S. current account deficit and the global economy. Summers highlights that the U.S. current account deficit is currently running well in excess of USD 600 billion at an annual rate, in the range of 5.5 percent of GDP. It represents more t...

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Körperschaft: International Monetary Fund
Format: Zeitschrift
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2004.
Schriftenreihe:per Jacobson lecture
Online Zugang:Full text available on IMF