Research Catalog

Title

The Challenges of Narrowing the US Current-Account Deficit and Implications for Other Economies [electronic resource] / Anne-Marie Brook, Franck Sédillot and Patrice Ollivaud

Author

Brook, Anne-Marie.

Publication

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Details

Additional Authors

• Sédillot, Franck.
• Ollivaud, Patrice.

Found In

OECD Economic Studies Vol. 2004, no. 1, p. 157-186 1609-7491

Description

42 p.

Summary

This article uses the OECD's interlink model to explore several possible channels through which a narrowing of the US current account deficit could occur. The shocks considered include dollar depreciation, fiscal consolidation, and an improvement in the non-price competitiveness of US producers. A key conclusion is that shocks would have to be very large in order to materially reduce the US external deficit, largely because of the offsetting impact of second-round effects. In addition...

Subject

Economics

LCCN

10.1787/eco_studies-v2004-art7-en

OCLC

oecd-lib-001215

Author

Brook, Anne-Marie.

Title

The Challenges of Narrowing the US Current-Account Deficit and Implications for Other Economies [electronic resource] / Anne-Marie Brook, Franck Sédillot and Patrice Ollivaud

Imprint

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2005.

Connect to:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eco_studies-v2004-art7-en

Indexed Term

Economics

Added Author

Sédillot, Franck.

Ollivaud, Patrice.

Found In:

OECD Economic Studies Vol. 2004, no. 1, p. 157-186 2004:1<157 1609-7491

Other Editions:

Les défis de la réduction du déficit de balance courante des États-Unis et conséquences pour les autres économies fre (FR-PaOEC)eco_studies-v2004-art7-fr

Other Standard Identifier

10.1787/eco_studies-v2004-art7-en doi