F37 - International Finance Forecasting and Simulation: Models and Applications

• May 17, 2012

  On the Adjustment of the Global Economy

  Bank of Canada Review - Spring 2012 Carlos De Resende, Claudia Godbout, René Lalonde, Eric Morin, Nikita Perevalov

  This article discusses three scenarios for the adjustment of the global economy. In a “baseline” scenario—which encompasses fiscal consolidation in major advanced economies, growth-friendly structural reforms in Europe and Japan, and greater exchange rate flexibility and reforms in the emerging-market economies of Asia to induce rotation of demand away from net exports—global current account imbalances […]

  Content Type(s): Publications, Bank of Canada Review articles Topic(s): Balance of payments and components, Exchange rates, Fiscal policy, International topics, Recent economic and financial developments JEL Code(s): F, F3, F32, F37, F4, F42