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PRINTBefore July 2007, most economists agreed that global imbalances were the most important threat to global growth. It was argued that the United States’ rising net foreign debt-to-GDP ratio – the result of chronic current-account deficits – would put a sharp brake on capital inflows, in turn weakening the dollar, driving up interest rates, and plunging the US economy into crisis.
The Institute of World Economy & Politics (IWEP) was one of the subordinate institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
