External imbalances in the Euro area /
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Author / Creator: | Chen, Ruo. |
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Imprint: | [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, ©2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource (49 pages) |
Language: | English |
Series: | IMF working paper ; WP/12/236 IMF working paper ; WP/12/236. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12500854 |
Summary: | The paper examines the extent to which current account imbalances of euro area countries are related to intra-euro area factors and to external trade shocks. We argue that the traditional explanations for the rising imbalances are correct, but are incomplete. We uncover a large impact of declines in export competitiveness and asymmetric trade developments vis-à-vis the rest of the world -in particular vis-à-vis China, Central and Eastern Europe, and oil exporters- on the external balance of euro area debtor countries. While current account imbalances of euro area deficit countries vis-à-vis the rest of the world increased, they were financed mostly by intra-euro area capital inflows (in particular by the purchase of government and financial institutions' securities, and cross-border interbank lending) which permitted external imbalances to grow over time. |
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Item Description: | Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Oct. 2, 2012). "EUR and WHD." "September 2012." |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (49 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781475512120 1475512120 |