Can the Growth in the U.S. Current Account Deficit Be Sustained? The Growing Burden of Servicing Foreign-Owned U.S. Debt

Levy Economics Institute, Strategic Analysis Series, May 2006

12 Pages Posted: 9 May 2011

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Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

Bard College - Levy Economics Institute

Edward Chilcote

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Gennaro Zezza

University of Cassino - Department of Economics; Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute

Date Written: May 6, 2006

Abstract

Can the growth in the U.S. current account deficit be sustained? How does the flow of deficits feed the stock of debt? And how will the burden of servicing this debt affect future deficits and economic growth? These are some of the questions we address in this Strategic Analysis.

Suggested Citation

Papadimitriou, Dimitri B. and Chilcote, Edward and Zezza, Gennaro, Can the Growth in the U.S. Current Account Deficit Be Sustained? The Growing Burden of Servicing Foreign-Owned U.S. Debt (May 6, 2006). Levy Economics Institute, Strategic Analysis Series, May 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1833592 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1833592

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou (Contact Author)

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Edward Chilcote

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

Gennaro Zezza

University of Cassino - Department of Economics ( email )

Cassino
Italy

HOME PAGE: http://gennaro.zezza.it

Bard College - The Levy Economics Institute ( email )

Blithewood
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000
United States

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