Last year a country had $700 billion of saving and $900 of investment. What was its net capital outflow? How is it possible for a country to have investment that exceeds saving?


Net capital outflow equals saving - domestic investment equals $700 billion -$900 billion = -$200 billion. A country can have investment that exceeds saving if it borrows from abroad, that is if on net foreigners purchase domestic assets.

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