UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL IMBALANCES

2026

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1) Global imbalances have widened in recent years, driven by a complex interplay of macroeconomic, trade, and industrial policies, necessitating a deeper understanding of their causes and consequences.
2) This paper provides a framework for analyzing global imbalances by examining the impact of macroeconomic, trade, and industrial policies on national saving and investment decisions. It explores how these policies, through various channels, affect current account balances and presents scenarios for future global imbalances.
3) The analysis highlights that while traditional macroeconomic policies remain significant drivers, industrial and trade policies can also play a role, with their effects depending on their scope, duration, and interaction with other economic factors.
Tags: global imbalances, current account, trade policy, industrial policy, saving-investment framework

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