Arbeitspapier

An asymmetry matrix in global current accounts

The paper discusses global imbalances under the aspect of an asymmetric world monetary system. It identifies the US and euro area (Germany) as center countries with rising current account deficits (US) and surpluses (Germany) which are matched by respective current account surpluses of coun-tries stabilizing their exchange rates against the dollar (dollar periphery) and rising current account deficits of the countries stabilizing their exchange rate against the euro (euro periphery). The paper finds that the changes of the world current account positions are driven by the macroeconomic pol-icy decisions in the centers. In particular, expansionary monetary and fiscal policies in the US are argued to have triggered rising current account surpluses of the dollar periphery countries, as mone-tary and fiscal sterilization policies in the periphery contribute to rising saving surpluses.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 76

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Foreign Exchange
Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
Thema
Global Imbalances
Asymmetric World Monetary System
Twin Deficit
Twin Surplus
International Currency

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Schnabl, Gunther
Freitag, Stephan
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
(wo)
Leipzig
(wann)
2009

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Schnabl, Gunther
  • Freitag, Stephan
  • Universität Leipzig, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät

Entstanden

  • 2009

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