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Foreign savings, insufficiency of demand, and low growth

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  • Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira
  • Paulo Gala

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There is a problem of insufficiency of demand for countries that accept to grow with foreign savings. Although medium-income countries are capital-poor countries, current account deficits (foreign savings) will increase consumption rather than the rate of capital accumulation and aggregate demand. In consequence, the rate of substitution of foreign for domestic savings will be relatively high, and the country will become indebted to consume, not to invest and grow. Only when there are large investment opportunities, stimulated by a sizable difference between the expected profit rate and the long-term interest rate, will the marginal propensity to consume be low enough for the additional income originated from foreign capital flows to be used for investment rather than consumption. With this paper, the authors intend to contribute to the development macroeconomics approach to economic growth which emphasizes the need for a competitive exchange rate to promote growth, instead of an overap-preciated one—an exchange rate that assures the sustained character growth of aggregate demand.

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Article provided by M.E. Sharpe, Inc. in its journal Journal of Post Keynesian Economics.

Volume (Year): 30 (2008)
Issue (Month): 3 (April)
Pages: 315-334

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Handle: RePEc:mes:postke:v:30:y:2008:i:3:p:315-334

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Keywords: domestic savings; foreign savings; insufficiency of demand; low growth;

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Cited by:
  1. Vaqar Ahmed & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2010. "External Shocks in a Small Open Economy: A CGE - Microsimulation Analysis," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 15(1), pages 45-90, Jan-Jun.
  2. Pereira, Luiz Carlos Bresser, 2009. "From old to new developmentalism in latin America," Textos para discussão 193, Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil).
  3. Pereira, Luiz Carlos Bresser & Brito, Marcio Holland de, 2009. "Common currency and economic integration in mercosur," Textos para discussão 190, Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Getulio Vargas Foundation (Brazil).
  4. André Nassif & Carmem Feijó & Eliane Araújo, 2011. "The trend of the real exchange rate overvaluation in open emerging economies: the case of Brazil," Working Papers 0111, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Department of Economics.
  5. MASCA Simona-Gabriela & JUDE Cristina, 2009. "The Vicious Circle Of Fdi And Consumption In Romania," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 2(1), pages 417-423, May.

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