Japan has a fairly high saving rate and the level of saving in Japan is above domestic investment. Use the saving and investment equation to explain what Japan is doing with this excess of saving above domestic investment
What will be an ideal response?
In an open economy, the saving and investment equation implies that a country's national saving must always equal domestic investment plus net foreign investment or (S = I + NFI). Japan's saving in excess of domestic investment implies that net foreign investment is positive for Japan so that Japan must be investing in other countries. Companies like Toyota, Honda, and Nissan have built plants in the United States.
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