After narrowing abruptly in 2009, the world’s major current account imbalances rebounded between 2010 and 2012. This raised concerns that there could be a resumption of potentially destabilising capital flows from surplus to deficit countries or that protectionist pressures could re-emerge. However, we think these imbalances are likely to narrow again in the coming years.
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