Topics include: ‐ Causes of external imbalances ‐ Private or public sector indebtedness and external imbalances ‐ Exchange rates, competitiveness and external imbalances ‐ External debt sustainability ‐ The role of financial flows in the adjustment of current accounts ‐ Policy...

Global trade growth was very weak over the past four years. While global trade grew at approximately twice the rate of GDP prior to the Great Recession, this trade elasticity has since declined to below unity. This raises the question to what extent the change in the relationship between global...

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