16. If a country runs a current account deficit and the government has a balanced fiscal budget, then combined national private savings and domestic investment accounts
Option E :- Must be negative
Consider the equation,
[Imports - Exports] = [Savings - investment] + [Tax - Spending]
[Imports - Exports] = [Savings - investment] + 0 (Since in in balanced fiscal budget, tax = spending)
[Imports - Exports] = [Savings - investment]
We have [Imports - Exports] < 0 in account deficit
Then [Savings - investment] < 0
Thus combined national private savings and domestic investment accounts is negative
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