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National Saving and the Stability and Growth Pact

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Many of the arguments used to justify the Stability and Growth Pact's concern with budget deficits in fact relate to levels of national saving. Countries with large budget deficits tend to have low levels of national saving but some countries such as the UK have low levels of national saving for structural reasons associated with the private sector. A good case can be made that budgetary targets should be tighter for countries with structurally low saving than for countries with savings levels adequate to allow wealth to grow in line with income.

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  • Dr Martin Weale, 2004. "National Saving and the Stability and Growth Pact," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers 246, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:nsr:niesrd:246
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    1. Jost, Thomas & Nunnenkamp, Peter, 2002. "Bestimmungsgründe deutscher Direktinvestitionen in Entwicklungs- und Reformländern: hat sich wirklich etwas verändert?," Kiel Working Papers 1124, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Jost, Thomas, 1997. "Direktinvestitionen und Standort Deutschland," Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies 1997,02, Deutsche Bundesbank.

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