For how long can the US deficit be sustained?

Federal Reserve research suggests that it would take many years for the US debt to reach a level that would test global investors' willingness to extend financing.

The research uses a detailed partial-equilibrium model of the US balance of payments to show that, based on key drivers of the country's external balance, though the current account deficit will continue to widen, the net international investment position (NIIP) to GDP ratio will be no higher than it is in several industrialised

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