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And adverse effects – such as a rising debt-to-GDP
ratio
and excess capacity – are inevitable.
At the end of 2015, Italy’s public debt was 133% of GDP, and the
ratio
for Portugal was 129%.
Government data show that the
ratio
of bank loans to GDP is about twice that of the United States.
The economic gains of reducing micronutrient deficiencies are estimated to have a cost/benefit
ratio
of almost 1:13.
By modifying these accounts within the public-sector balance sheet, expected pensions will be unchanged, while the public debt/GDP
ratio
will fall by eight percentage points.
This virtuous circle is the reason why Poland is introducing a stringent anti-cyclical budget rule that prohibits any unwarranted fiscal loosening, while gradually lowering its debt/GDP
ratio
to about 40%.
But it can be argued in simple language that markets work for all only if they are regulated in the interests of all; that public expenditures that create productive assets can reduce the
ratio
of public debt to national income; and that performance should be measured by how widely the fruits of growth are shared.
On January 23, just a few days before equities crashed, Robert Shiller reminded us that the US had the world’s priciest stock market, with the highest cyclically adjusted price-earnings (CAPE)
ratio
of 26 stock markets for which there are comparable measures.
In Europe, the average
ratio
of home prices to incomes is slightly below its long-term average, mainly because housing prices in Germany are at historically low levels by this measure.
In France, Italy, and Belgium, the
ratio
is close to its long-term average, and in Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland, it is 40-50% above it.
Since 1980 the
ratio
of stock market capitalization to GDP soared more than 13-fold, while equity financing rose 16-fold.
Because the US enjoys financial stability --full employment, very moderateinflation of 2 -3 percent per year, a budget deficit smaller (as a share of GDP) than that of Japan or Germany, a public debt
ratio
that is enviably low compared to most industrial countries – dollar decline is just not a threat.
Ms. Watanabe had heard that companies in Norway or France face delisting if their
ratio
of female officers falls below 40%, and she joked with her friends that Keidanren (the Japan Business Federation) would vanish under such a law.
By the end of this year, America’s debt-to-GDP
ratio
will have climbed to 87% from 73% in 2008, and, with next year’s deficit set to reach 11% of GDP, it is certain that the
ratio
will surpass 100% during 2011.
The
ratio
of job openings to applicants has exceeded parity, and the GDP deflator narrowed to close to zero.
Moreover, though the price-earnings
ratio
on China’s main boards remain low relative to the advanced economies, the
ratio
of Shenzhen’s SMEs and ChiNext boards for smaller and newer companies exceed 30 and 50, respectively.
The federal government’s debt has risen from less than 40% of GDP a decade ago to 78% now, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that the
ratio
will rise to 96% in 2028.
Had last year’s tax legislation not been enacted, the 2028 debt
ratio
would still reach 93% of GDP, according to the CBO.
If a deficit amounting to 7.1% of GDP were allowed to occur in 2028, and to continue thereafter, the debt-to-GDP
ratio
would reach more than 150%, putting the US debt burden in the same league as that of Italy, Greece, and Portugal.
Looking ahead, the combination of the rising debt ratio, higher short-term interest rates, and further increases in inflation will push the nominal yield on ten-year bonds above 4%.
What can be done to reduce the federal government’s deficits and stem the growth of the debt
ratio?
Their combined projected addition of 2.7% of GDP to the annual deficit over the next decade is more than twice the officially projected rise in the
ratio
of the annual deficit to GDP.
The
ratio
of total financial assets (stocks, bonds, and bank deposits) to GDP in the United Kingdom was about 100% in 1980, while by 2006 it had risen to around 440%.
Hypothetically, if the US adopted Denmark’s universal free education policy, but kept its tax-to-GDP
ratio
unchanged, its fiscal deficit would exceed 6% of GDP.
The obvious escape route leads through economic growth, which would reduce the debt-to-GDP
ratio
and make interest payments look reasonable.
For starters, it is likely that the contribution to output growth of the rising
ratio
of working-age people prior to 2010 was overestimated.
That makes the subsequent decline in the
ratio
an inaccurate measure with which to determine the negative impact on economic performance.
The S&P’s price-to-earnings (P/E)
ratio
for the trailing 12 months is close to 20, compared to a long-run mean of 15.53 and a median of 14.57.
The Shiller P/E
ratio
– based on average real (inflation-adjusted) earnings from the last ten years – is at 27.08, with a mean and median of 16.59 and 15.96, respectively.
And, in February, the forward 12-month earnings P/E ratio, which uses managers’ future earnings guidance, reached an 11-year high of 17.1, with the five- and ten-year averages standing at about 14 and the 15-year average at 16.
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