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Increasing public sector debt is a good policy
Politicians do not usually think it a success to borrow a large amount of money but, in June 2020, when the economy was approaching a recession, the United Kingdom (UK) borrowed five times as much as it did in June 2019. This made the government debt only just a little less than the total size of the economy. The ratio of public sector debt to gross domestic product (GDP) was 99.6%. It was the highest figure for 60 years. Public sector net borrowing is shown in Fig. 1.
Borrowing is what the government ought to be doing in a recession in order to finance the spending used to boost aggregate demand. The question in 2020 was how long could the borrowing of such large amounts continue? There can be problems with a large public sector debt. An expansion of government borrowing might increase interest rates if investors require more compensation because they think the risk of holding government bonds has increased. This interest rate rise would affect the rest of the economy.
There is also a theoretical objection that government borrowing could ‘crowd out’ the private sector, especially when the economy is close to its productive capacity and unemployment of resources is low. This would not happen when there are unemployed resources in a recession.
The UK Finance Minister suggested that a high ratio of public sector debt to GDP was justified; it is the stability of the ratio that is important. This reasoning can be justified. Reducing government spending in order to reduce borrowing would risk stopping any recovery and make the situation worse. Economic recovery is necessary to restore economic activity, which in turn will restore the government’s finances.
However, economists cannot know with any precision what the limits of public sector borrowing should be. For many years, Japan has maintained a ratio of public sector debt to GDP of over 200% with no difficulty. But what is suitable for Japan may not be suitable in a different type of economy.
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增加公共部门债务是一项好政策
政客们通常认为借入大量资金并不成功,但在2020年6月,当经济接近衰退时,英国(UK)的借贷量是2019年6月的五倍。这使得政府债务仅略低于经济总量。公共部门债务与国内生产总值(GDP)的比率为99.6%。这是60年来的最高数字。公共部门净借款如图1所示。
借贷是政府在经济衰退时应该做的事情,以便为用于提振总需求的支出提供资金。2020年的问题是,如此巨额的借贷还能持续多久?公共部门的巨额债务可能会出现问题。如果投资者因为认为持有政府债券的风险增加而需要更多补偿,那么扩大政府借贷可能会提高利率。利率上升将影响经济的其他部分。
还有一个理论上的反对意见,即政府借贷可能会“挤出”私营部门,尤其是当经济接近其生产能力且资源失业率较低时。当经济衰退中有失业资源时,这种情况就不会发生。
英国财政部长表示,公共部门债务占GDP的高比例是合理的;重要的是比率的稳定性。这个推理是有道理的。减少政府支出以减少借贷可能会阻止任何复苏并使情况变得更糟。经济复苏是恢复经济活动所必需的,而经济活动又将恢复政府的财政状况。
然而,经济学家无法准确知道公共部门借款的限度应该是多少。多年来,日本一直轻而易举地将公共部门债务占GDP的比例保持在200%以上。但适合日本的东西不一定适合不同类型的经济体。
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4 Expenditure-reducing policies will reduce a balance of payments deficit but will also cause significant unemployment. Evaluate this statement. [20]
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