External imbalances in the Euro area:
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Main Author: Chen, Ruo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Washington, D.C.] International Monetary Fund ©2012
Series:IMF working paper WP/12/236
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Oct. 2, 2012). - "EUR and WHD.". - "September 2012."
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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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (49 pages)
ISBN:9781475512120
1475512120

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