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Martin Wolf on why trade imbalances matter

Geoff Riley

7th February 2015

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Why do huge external imbalances herald disaster? Martin Wolf, the FT's chief economics commentator, explains what happens when some countries spend much less than their incomes and so run big current account surpluses, while others do the opposite

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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