What Explains Private Saving in Mexico?

August 1, 2006

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Andrew J Swiston, and Ales Bulir. What Explains Private Saving in Mexico?, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 21, 2024

Disclaimer: This Working Paper should not be reported as representing the views of the IMF.The views expressed in this Working Paper are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of the IMF or IMF policy. Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) and are published to elicit comments and to further debate

Summary

This paper examines the factors influencing Mexico's private saving rate. Cross-country analysis finds that Mexico's private saving is somewhat higher than could be explained by its fundamentals, but lower than in the average country in the sample. This analysis suggests that Mexico's greater reliance on external saving, its relatively high population dependency ratio, and its less developed financial system have been the main factors holding back private saving. Time-series analysis finds that movements in private saving have not been associated with similar shifts in investment, as changes in public saving and external saving have tended to offset movements in private saving. This is consistent with the direction of causality being from investment to saving and suggests that policy measures should focus on creating conditions favorable to increased investment.

Subject: Current account deficits, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Income, Private savings, Purchasing power parity

Keywords: External saving, Investment, Private saving, Saving, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

30
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Working Paper No. 2006/191
Stock No:

WPIEA2006191
ISBN:

9781451864519
ISSN:

1018-5941

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