Global Imbalances and External Adjustment after the Crisis

By Philip R. Lane, Gian M Milesi-Ferretti

August 12, 2014

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Philip R. Lane, and Gian M Milesi-Ferretti. Global Imbalances and External Adjustment after the Crisis, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 21, 2024

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Summary

This paper has two objectives. First, it reviews the recent dynamics of global imbalances (both “flow” and “stock” imbalances), with a special focus on the shifting position of Latin America in the global distribution. Second, it examines the cross-country variation in external adjustment over 2008-2012. In particular, it shows how pre-crisis external imbalances have strong predictive power for post-crisis macroeconomic outcomes, allowing for variation across different exchange rate regimes. We emphasize that the bulk of external adjustment has taken the form of “expenditure reduction”, with “expenditure switching” only playing a limited role.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current account, Current account balance, Current account imbalances, External position, Financial crises, Foreign assets, Real exchange rates

Keywords: Caribbean, Current account, Current account adjustment, Current account balance, Current account balance, Current account gap, Current account imbalances, Deficit country, Foreign assets, Gap term, Global, Global crisis, WEO current account projection, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

45
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Working Paper No. 2014/151
Stock No:

WPIEA2014151
ISBN:

9781498339216
ISSN:

1018-5941

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