送交者: Europeanese 于 2005-5-31, 15:30:10:
回答: So, are we counting twice here? 由 吴礼 于 2005-5-31, 12:17:39:
My understanding is that you may have trade deficit without budget deficit. But in the US case, the budget deficit is financed through foreign borrowing, which will affect the long run expectation on the dollar.
The European Union's budget rules is to maintain member states budget deficit to below three per cent of GDP.
When everybody uses dollar as means of payment in trade, my guess is that the trade deficit are avoided when you export no less than import. Because when you import more than export, foreign countries will hold a surplus of your dollar, which will be at large in the foreign exchange market.
As to your last question, a recent figure I saw was 21% to Yen and 32% to Euro.