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Without addressing the shortfall in domestic saving, the bilateral fix simply moves the deficit from one economy to others.
For a long time, state and local governments were able to cover the shortfall, increasing their contribution to three quarters of total spending.
Slower economic growth will cause a shortfall of jobs for new entrants to the workforce, thereby increasing the incidence of poverty.
But, with the shortfall of assistance from developed to developing countries, the new bank can provide essential help to developing countries and emerging markets as they undertake smarter and more sustainable infrastructure investment for growth and poverty reduction.
China’s new Plan must rectify this shortfall immediately.
The shortfall in investment has been deep and broad-based, affecting not only residential investment but also investment in equipment and structures.
Interestingly, the investment shortfall in the US coincides with a strong rebound in returns to capital.
The accelerator explanation of the shortfall in business investment in the US is consistent with evidence that, where projected demand growth has been relatively strong – for example, in cable, telecommunications, digital platforms, social networking, and, until recently, energy – investment growth has also been relatively strong.
The non-tradable sector, which created virtually all of the new employment in the two decades prior to the crisis, is stagnating, owing to a shortfall in domestic demand and seriously constrained government budgets.
Making up for a 5% shortfall in supply is manageable, but the situation will change dramatically as the UK increases its reliance on wind power to reach the 31% target by 2020.
But the current budget relies on foreign aid to cover a $3 billion (10% of GNP) shortfall.
Fully funding Africa’s infrastructure shortfall will require attracting many more investors – and swiftly.
The 5% Agenda campaign, launched in New York last month, underscores the belief that only a collaborative public-private approach can redress Africa’s infrastructure shortfall.
To meet any shortfall in credit, the banks and chaebols relied heavily on attracting short-term debts from foreign capital market.
If nominal and real depreciation (appreciation) of the deficit (surplus) countries fails to occur, the deficit countries’ falling domestic demand and the surplus countries’ failure to reduce savings and increase consumption will lead to a global shortfall in aggregate demand in the face of a capacity glut.
The revised reading of the statistics would reduce that shortfall by 70%.
Notwithstanding the persistent growth shortfall, central bankers remain steadfast that their approach is working, by delivering what they call “mandate-compliant” outcomes.
Others blame a global investment shortfall driven by a lack of technological opportunities.
The combination of high unemployment and falling inflation is prima facie evidence of a demand shortfall.
The properly measured shortfall is even greater, because the promises that were made in 2005 should be adjusted for inflation.
First, in an “accountability report” issued before the summit, the G-8 stated the 2005 commitments in current dollars rather than in inflation-adjusted dollars, in order to minimize the size of the reported shortfall.
The argument for legislative action is tantalizingly simple: the US merchandise trade deficit has averaged a record 4.4% of GDP since 2005, with China accounting for fully 35% of the shortfall, supposedly owing to its currency manipulation.
A multilateral imbalance – especially one that it is traceable to a saving shortfall – cannot be fixed by putting pressure on a bilateral exchange rate.
The government has been borrowing abroad to cover the shortfall (the overall fiscal deficit was nearly 6% of GDP in 2016).
Europe, for example, is expected to face a shortfall of 30-50 million workers by 2050.
Better yet, if much of the next round of stimulus is devoted to automatic stabilizers – such as compensating for the shortfall in state revenues – then if the economy does recover, the spending will not occur.
Official responses to the global economic crisis highlight the interventionist model’s merits, proving that decisive government action can help to enhance efficiency and clear unbalanced markets, thereby protecting the economy from the demand shortfall caused by falling investment and rising unemployment.
For the rest of the developing world, the real worry is not a shortfall of demand; it is the need to sustain high rates of productivity growth so that they can catch up with the advanced economies.
In a year when a forecast for the structural budget deficit turns out to have been over-optimistic, the government can still claim that its own calculations show the shortfall to have been cyclical rather than structural.
Several countries in the periphery (Greece, Spain, and Portugal) were responsible for the circumstances that led to and precipitated the crisis, and there may be fundamental solvency issues that need to be addressed even if the liquidity shortfall is addressed.
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