Strategic Analysis 18 May 2006

Can the Growth in the US Current Account Deficit Be Sustained?

The Growing Burden of Servicing Foreign-owned U.S. Debt

Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, Gennaro Zezza, and Edward Chilcote

Can the growth in the current account deficit be sustained? How does the flow of deficits feed the stock of debt? How will the burden of servicing this debt affect future deficits and economic growth? President Dimitri B. Papadimitriou and Research Scholars Edward Chilcote and Gennaro Zezza address these and other questions in a new Strategic Analysis.

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Associated Programs

  • The State of the US and World Economies

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