Productivity shocks, budget deficits and the current account

Arbeitspapier

Currently the U.S. is experiencing record budget and current account deficits, a phenomenon familiar from the "Twin Deficits" discussion of the 1980s. In contrast, during the 1990s productivity growth has been identified as the primary cause of the US current account deficit. We suggest a theoretical framework which allows to evaluate empirically the relative importance of budget deficits and productivity shocks for the determination of the current account. Using a sample of 21 OECD countries and time series data from 1960 to 2003 we find little evidence for a contemporaneous effect of budget deficits on the current account, while country-specific productivity shocks appear to play a key role.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ECB Working Paper ; No. 509

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Fiscal Policy ; Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements ; Open Economy Macroeconomics
• Thema: budget deficit ; current account ; Investment ; productivity ; Leistungsbilanz ; Produktivität ; Haushaltsdefizit ; Makroökonomik ; Schätzung ; OECD-Staaten

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Bussière, Matthieu ; Fratzscher, Marcel ; Müller, Gernot J.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): European Central Bank (ECB)
• (wo): Frankfurt a. M.
• (wann): 2005

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/152943
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ