Macroeconomics (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134106229
Author: R. Glenn Hubbard, Anthony Patrick O'Brien
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 18, Problem 18.4.8PA
Subpart (a):
To determine
A fiscal deficit and current account deficit.
Subpart (b):
To determine
A impact of foreign investment on the economy.
Subpart (c):
To determine
A fiscal deficit and current account deficit.
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Catherin Mann (2006), “The Current Account and the Budget Deficit: A Disaggregated Perspective,” in Kopcke, Tootell, and Triest (eds.), The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy, MIT Press
In the article, Mann notes that the foreign financing of the US current account deficit has increasingly taken the form of foreigners purchasing US Treasury bonds.
She is concerned that the increase of foreign holdings of US Treasury bonds may worsen the US current account deficit in the future. Which of the following statements is inconsistent with her reasons behind the concern?
a. As global interest rates starts to climb, the overall payments on interest-bearing liabilities (including US Treasury bonds) will rise.
b. The interest paid on US government debt (ie, US Treasury bonds) will be increasingly paid to foreign holders, setting up a negative feedback loop between fiscal deficit and current account deficit.
c. The greater the US current account deficit, the larger the risk of eventual, sharp…
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Chapter 18 Solutions
Macroeconomics (6th Edition)
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