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
According to National Income Identity,
Taxes– Government Spending+ Savings– Investment= Exports– Imports.
If the fiscal budget is balanced, it means Taxes= Government Spending
Thus, above equation becomes:
Savings–Investment= Exports–Imports
Since country Runs a current account deficit, it means Exports–Imports<0
If Right hand side of an equation is Negative, Left hand side of the equation must also be negative.
Thus,( Savings– Investment )<0.
Therefore, Combined National Private Savings or Domestic investment Account must be negative.
Hence, Option E is correct.
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