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Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States, The

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  • C. Fred Bergsten

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This Special Report looks at the long-run prospects for the international economic position of the United States, with particular focus on the likely evolution of the current account deficit and prospective foreign financing for it. Its goal is to provide a fundamental framework for the development of US fiscal and other economic policies, especially including responses to the global financial and economic crisis of 2008-09. The central message is that the long-run outlook is extremely worrisome and potentially very costly--in foreign policy/national security as well as economic terms. As the country (and the world) emerges from the global crisis, and even in fashioning policy responses to the crisis itself, it will be essential to keep the long-run considerations firmly in mind. This will require early and decisive policy actions, perhaps even in tandem with the near-term stimulus and housing initiatives, to address the ever-escalating costs of the major entitlement programs, Social Security and especially Medicare/Medicaid, and thus the country's overall fiscal position.

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  • C. Fred Bergsten, 2009. "Long-Term International Economic Position of the United States, The," Peterson Institute Press: All Books, Peterson Institute for International Economics, number sr20, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:iie:ppress:sr20
    Note: Special Report 20
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    1. Jan Priewe, 2011. "Die Weltwirtschaft im Ungleichgewicht Globale Zahlungsbilanzungleichgewichte - Ursachen, Gefahren, Korrekturen," Competence Centre on Money, Trade, Finance and Development 1103, Hochschule fuer Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin.
    2. C. Fred Bergsten, 2010. "I Was a Euro Enthusiast," Econ Journal Watch, Econ Journal Watch, vol. 7(1), pages 53-55, January.
    3. Yongfu Cao & Wendy Dobson & Yiping Huang & Peter A. Petri & Michael Plummer & Raimundo Soto & Shinji Takagi, 2010. "Inclusive, Balanced, Sustained Growth in the Asia-Pacific," Documentos de Trabajo 370, Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile..
    4. Peter A. Petri, 2011. "An Input–Output Analysis of Post-crisis Rebalancing in the Asia-Pacific Economy," Chapters, in: Satoshi Inomata (ed.), Asia Beyond the Global Economic Crisis, chapter 7, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    5. Petri, Peter A. & Plummer, Michael G., 2009. "The triad in crisis: What we learned and how it will change global cooperation," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(6), pages 700-713, November.
    6. John Kitchen & Menzie Chinn, 2011. "Financing US Debt: Is There Enough Money in the World – and at What Cost?," International Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(3), pages 373-413, December.
    7. Guerreiro, David, 2014. "Is the European debt crisis a mere balance of payments crisis?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 44(S1), pages 50-56.
    8. Thomas Palley, 2011. "Budget Deficit Alarmism Is Sabotaging Growth," Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(1), pages 6-31.
    9. repec:wsr:wpaper:y:2013:i:118 is not listed on IDEAS
    10. Luigi Bonatti & Andrea Fracasso, 2010. "Global Rebalancing and the Future of the Sino-US Codependency," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 18(s1), pages 70-87.
    11. Satoshi Inomata (ed.), 2011. "Asia Beyond the Global Economic Crisis," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 14205.

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