POLICY BRIEF: IMBALANCES WILL CONTINUE TO RULE OVER THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Global debt will keep growth subdued over the next decade. Falling work force will move labor intensive manufacturing out of China and into South Asia. Investment, not consumption, will be the main driver of growth, which primarily will take place in Asia and probably also Africa. New institutional...

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Published in:Singapore economic review 2016-12, Vol.61 (5), p.1671002
Main Author: MOELLER, JOERGEN OERSTROEM
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Global debt will keep growth subdued over the next decade. Falling work force will move labor intensive manufacturing out of China and into South Asia. Investment, not consumption, will be the main driver of growth, which primarily will take place in Asia and probably also Africa. New institutional frameworks such as AIIB emerge, but they will operate inside the existing global order. Falling albeit still tangible Chinese saving combined with fading interest for US treasury bonds will pose an awkward dilemma for US monetary policy. Under such circumstances current savings–investment balances will continue to rule the global economy.
ISSN:0217-5908
1793-6837
DOI:10.1142/S0217590816710028