Excess Savings and Twin Deficits: The Transmission of Fiscal Stimulus in Open Economies

Rishabh Aggarwal, Adrien Auclert, Matthew Rognlie and Ludwig Straub

No 17397, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: We study the effects of debt-financed fiscal transfers in a general equilibrium, heterogeneous-agent model of the world economy. In the long run, increases in government debt anywhere raise the world interest rate and increase private wealth everywhere. In the short run, a country with a larger-than-average fiscal deficit experiences both a large increase in private savings (“excess savings†) and a small but persistent current account deficit (a slow-motion “twin deficit†). These patterns are consistent with the evolution of the world’s balance of payments since the beginning of the Covid pandemic.

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JEL-codes: E62 F32 F41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-06
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