Talks@Bruegel: Making the US current account sustainable with Tamim Bayoumi
What policy adjustments are necessary for the sustainability of the US current account – and how do tariffs factor into this?
Speakers
Tamim Bayoumi
Former Deputy director, IMF; Visiting scholar, Department of Political Economic, King’s College London
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director
Agenda
Check-in & lunch
12:30-13:00Agenda
Discussion
13:00-14:00- Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
- Tamim Bayoumi, Former Deputy director, IMF; Visiting scholar, Department of Political Economic , King’s College London
At this Talks@Bruegel edition, Tamim Bayoumi currently visiting King’s College London and a former Deputy Director at International Monetary Fund, will discuss the sustainability of the US current account, based on joint work with Joseph Gagnon from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The talk will explore the adjustments needed for a sustainable US current account and assessing the role of tariffs in addressing the issue.
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