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End of Large Current Account Deficits, 1970-2002: Are There Lessons for the United States?

The author analyzes the international evidence on current account reversals using both non-parametric techniques as well as panel regressions. The results from this empirical investigation indicate that major current account reversals have tended to result in large declines in GDP growth.