The United States has experienced continuous current account deficits as the early 1980s. What do you think are the major causes for the deficits? What would be the results of continuous U.S. current account deficits?
The current account deficits of U.S. might comprise reflected a few reasons like (I) a historically high real interest rate in the U.S., which is because of ballooning federal budget deficits, that kept the dollar strong, and (ii) weak competitiveness of the U.S. industries.