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I am not clear on my error in item 3. If the private sector increased its savings rate to 100% I don’t see how the economy could grow. Any smaller amount would still impede growth unless one might equate savings with the equivalent of spending by the entity that received the savings. In any case turnover might enter into this equation.
Dear Thomas (at 2013/03/05 at 3:09)
It would be a very weird economy with no household consumption but the economy could still “grow” if the government sector or foreigners purchased all the output. All government spending could be spent on consumption goods and then handed out to the private sector to sustain the workforce while foreigners spent up big on the rest of the output.
But within realistic ranges, a rising household saving ratio can be offset by a growing external surplus, even if there is fiscal drag on aggregate demand.
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But your question posited austere government policies leaving only the foreign sector to take up the slack.