Financial Globalisation, External Balance Sheets and Economic Adjustment

14 Pages Posted: 25 Jun 2007

Abstract

This article investigates the implications of the size and structure of external balance sheets for the impact of shocks on domestic economies. Increased integration of international financial markets in recent years, coupled with larger international cross-holdings of assets and iabilities, has made the balance sheet channel of transmission of shocks grow in importance. This article constructs detailed decompositions of the balance sheets of the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada. These are used to illustrate what different features of balance sheets imply about the effects on domestic economies from different shocks. Finally, the impact on UK and US external balance sheets from some hypothetical scenarios is examined, and some simple rules of thumb are used to draw out the potential implications for consumption behaviour.

Suggested Citation

Kubelec, Chris, Financial Globalisation, External Balance Sheets and Economic Adjustment. Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=994865

Chris Kubelec (Contact Author)

Bank of England ( email )

Threadneedle Street
London, EC2R 8AH
United Kingdom

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