The Global Role of the U.S. Economy: Linkages, Policies and Spillovers

36 Pages Posted: 8 Feb 2017 Last revised: 3 Aug 2017

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M. Ayhan Kose

World Bank; Brookings Institution; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Australian National University (ANU)

Csilla Lakatos

World Bank

Franziska Ohnsorge

World Bank; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Australian National University (ANU) - Crawford School of Public Policy

Marc Stocker

World Bank

Date Written: February 7, 2017

Abstract

This paper analyzes the role of the United States in the global economy and examines the extent of global spillovers from changes in U.S. growth, monetary and fiscal policies, and uncertainty in its financial markets and economic policies. Developments in the U.S. economy, the world's largest, have effects far beyond its shores. A surge in U.S. growth could provide a significant boost to the global economy. Tightening U.S. financial conditions -- whether due to contractionary U.S. monetary policy or other reasons -- could reverberate across global financial markets, with adverse effects on some emerging market and developing economies that rely heavily on external financing. In addition, lingering uncertainty about the course of U.S. economic policy could have an appreciably negative effect on global growth prospects. While the United States plays a critical role in the world economy, activity in the rest of the world is also important for the United States.

Keywords: International Trade and Trade Rules

Suggested Citation

Kose, M. Ayhan and Lakatos, Csilla and Ohnsorge, Franziska and Stocker, Marc, The Global Role of the U.S. Economy: Linkages, Policies and Spillovers (February 7, 2017). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7962, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2913323

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