Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/28088 
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Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2009/1
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
This paper extends the model of Engler et al. (2007) on the adjustment of the US current account to a three-country world economy. This allows an analysis of the differential impact of a reversal of the US current account on Europe and Asia. In particular, the outcomes under different exchange rate policies are analysed. The main finding is that large factor re-allocations from non-tradables to tradables will be necessary in the US. The direction of factor re-allocation in Asia depends on whether the Bretton-Woods-II regime of unilaterally fixed or manipulated exchange rates in Asia is continued. If this is the case, the tradables sector and the current account surplus will continue to grow even when the US deficit closes. The flip side of this result is that Europe will face a huge real appreciation and an enormous current account deficit. With floating exchange rates worldwide, the impact on Europe will be limited while Asia´s tradables sector will shrink.
Subjects: 
Global imbalances
US current account deficit
dollar adjustment
sectoral adjustment
JEL: 
E2
F32
F41
ISBN: 
3938369957
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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