MACRO REVIEW
Online ISSN : 1884-2496
Print ISSN : 0915-0560
ISSN-L : 0915-0560
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  • Nobuo HIROHATA, Kazuhiro FUKUYO
    2023 Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 9-12
    Published: 2023
    Released on J-STAGE: November 30, 2023
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    Developing countries in Asia have consistently achieved high levels of economic growth, especially since the late 1990s. As the results of economic census, the profitability of both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries is at a high level. In addition, the profitability of companies in Nepal is higher than that of Cambodia and other countries by international comparison, and there are differences in the profitability of companies by industry and by country.

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  • Yasuhito Tanaka
    2023 Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 13-24
    Published: 2023
    Released on J-STAGE: November 30, 2023
    JOURNAL FREE ACCESS

    Using a model in which people (consumers) derive utility from their consumption of goods and their holdings of government debt for liquidity and other purposes and live for an infinite period of time, we examine the necessity of budget deficits and government debt in a growing economy and will prove the following results: 1) A budget deficit is necessary to achieve full employment with stable prices in a growing economy, and its value is equal to the increase in government debt holdings of consumers. 2) If a certain condition regarding the growth rate, the propensity to consume, and the discount rate holds, then the ratio of debt to GDP required to maintain full employment at constant prices (debt-GDP ratio) will converge to a finite value over time. 3) However, even if the condition in 2) is not satisfied and the debt-GDP ratio diverges, there is no problem because full employment without inflation is assumed.

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