Among the areas in which the Keynesian revolution has been more unsuccessful in changing orthodox views, the relationship between savings and investment must certainly be the best known. Even today, after more than seventy years of publication of The General Theory, policy-makers are still...

Remarks at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, New York City.

Remarks at the New Jersey Bankers Association Economic Forum, Iselin, New Jersey.

Over the past few decades, several developed economies have experienced large changes in how much households and firms save. In fact, a sharp increase in firms’ savings behavior has changed the net position of the (nonfinancial) corporate sector vis-à-vis the rest of the economy. ; Why have...

Remarks at the New Jersey Bankers Association Economic Forum, Iselin, New Jersey.

Remarks at the National Association for Business Economics Annual Meeting, New York City.

Remarks at the Barclays 16th Annual Global Inflation-Linked Conference, New York City.

Remarks at the Barclays 16th Annual Global Inflation-Linked Conference, New York City.

China’s over 25% aggregate household saving rate is one of the highest in the world. One popular view attributes the high saving rate to fast-rising housing prices in China. However, cross-sectional data do not show a significant relationship between housing prices and household saving rates....

Most of the emerging European countries, including Republic of Macedonia, are faced with greater or smaller current account deficits, which raise the concern about their sustainability in the long run. This working paper examines the sustainability of the Macedonian current account deficit using...