Konferenzbeitrag

The Corporate Saving Glut and the Current Account in Germany

We investigate for Germany the positive correlation between the corporate savings glut in the non-financial corporate sector and the current account surplus from a capital account perspective. By employing sign restrictions our findings suggest that mostly labor market, world demand and financial friction shocks can account for the joint dynamics of excess corporate savings and the current account surplus. Private savings shocks, in contrast, cannot explain the correlation. We conclude that a corporate savings glut is a main driver of the current account surplus.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2019: 30 Jahre Mauerfall - Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft - Session: Open Economy Macroeconomics ; No. G03-V1

Classification
Wirtschaft
Business Fluctuations; Cycles
Current Account Adjustment; Short-term Capital Movements
Macroeconomic Issues of Monetary Unions
Subject
Current account
corporate savings
macro shocks.

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Klug, Thorsten
Mayer, Eric
Schuler, Tobias
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
(where)
Kiel, Hamburg
(when)
2019

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  • Konferenzbeitrag

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  • Klug, Thorsten
  • Mayer, Eric
  • Schuler, Tobias
  • ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft

Time of origin

  • 2019

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