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- ISSN: 25189808 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.30875/4445c521-en
The Falling Elasticity of Global Trade to Economic Activity
Testing the Demand Channel
Since the recovery from the great financial crisis in 2010, global real trade flows grew much slower than pre-crisis, in both absolute terms (growth rates) and relative terms (relative to GDP, from 2:1 in the great 1990's to 1:1 since 2012) A debate has arisen as to whether this global trade slowdown, and related falling trade-to-income elasticity, was structural or cyclical.
Keywords: global outlook, trade forecasting, trade policy, investment, business cycles
JEL:
E22: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics / Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy / Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity;
F17: International Economics / Trade / Trade: Forecasting and Simulation;
F13: International Economics / Trade / Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations;
F01: International Economics / General / Global Outlook;
F44: International Economics / Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance / International Business Cycles
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