|**Table 1a: The size of the total current accou**|**nt balan**|**ce of co**|**untries**|**with sur**|**pluses(I**|**n % of t**|**he world**|**Total C**|**AS count**|**ries)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Year**|**1999**|**2000**|**2001**|**2002**|**2003**|**2004**|**2005**|**2006**|**2007**|**2008**|**2009**|**2010**|
|US CAD ratio of Total CAS countries (%)|‐72.7|‐89|‐99.3|‐94.2|‐79.4|‐65.8|‐62.3|‐53.3|‐44.4|‐37.2|‐37.2|‐39.9|
|Japan CAS ratio of Total CAS countries (%)|27.6|25.5|22.7|23|20.7|18.1|14.2|11.5|12.8|8.7|15.9|16.1|
|China CAS ratio Total CAS countries (%)|5.1|4.4|4.5|7.2|7|7.2|13.7|16.1|20.2|20.1|30.7|29.4|
|Germany CAS ratio of Total CAS countries (%)|..|..|..|8.8|7.2|13.5|12.4|12.8|15.8|13.3|17.4|17.9|

Source: Authors calculations using Authors and GEM (Global Economic Monitor) Database, DECPG, World Bank Note: (1) Total CAS (Current Account Surpluses) Countries was computed as the sum of all the positive current account balances of the world's countries for a given year.

<u>(2) CAD is the Current Account Deficit and CAS is the current account Surplus</u>

**Table 1b. Current account balance (as % of GDP)**

|**Country Group Name/Year**|**1999**|**2000**|**2001**|**2002**|**2003**|**2004**|**2005**|**2006**|**2007**|**2008**|**2009**|**2010**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|1. USA|-3.2|-4.2|-3.9|-4.3|-4.7|-5.3|-5.9|-6|-5.2|-4.9|-2.6|-2.2|
|2. Newlyindustrialized Asian eco|5.7|3.5|4.6|4.9|6.7|6.3|5.3|5.5|5.7|4.4|6.4|5.9|
|3. European Union|‐0.1|‐1|‐0.3|0.2|0.2|0.5|‐0.1|‐0.3|‐0.5|‐1.1|‐0.8|‐0.5|
|4. Emergingand developingecon|‐0.3|1.4|0.7|1.2|2|2.5|4.2|5.2|4.3|3.9|2|2.8|
|5. Africa|‐3.2|2|0.3|‐1.8|‐0.7|0.3|1.7|5.4|2.9|2.5|‐3.1|‐1.7|
|6. Central and eastern Europe|‐4.1|‐4.7|‐2|‐3|‐4|‐5.4|‐5|‐6.6|‐7.9|‐8|‐3.1|‐3.9|
|7. Commonwealth of Independent States|8.2|13.7|8|6.5|6.2|8.2|8.7|7.4|4.2|4.9|2.9|4.4|
|8. DevelopingAsia|1.9|1.8|1.6|2.5|2.8|2.7|4.2|6.1|7|5.9|5|5.2|
|9. ASEAN‐5|6.3|5|3.9|3.7|4|2.9|2|4.8|4.9|2.6|3.4|2|
|10. Middle East|2.7|11.4|6.3|4.4|7.9|11.6|19.3|20.9|18.1|18.3|2.6|7.9|
|11. Western Hemisphere|‐3|‐2.3|‐2.7|‐0.9|0.5|1|1.3|1.5|0.4|‐0.7|‐0.8|‐0.9|
|12. Germany|-1.3|-1.7|0|2|1.9|4.7|5.1|6.1|7.5|6.4|2.9|3.6|

<u>Source: IMF WEO 2009</u>

|**Table 1c. Current Account Balances of selecte**<br>|**d Regions**<br>|**/Countri**<br>|**es****_( as %_**<br>|**_of Wor_**<br>|**_ld GDP)_**<br>||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Year/Region|**1999**|**2000**|**2001**|**2002**|**2003**|**2004**|**2005**|**2006**|**2007**|**2008**|**2009**|**2010**|
|1.United States|‐0.96|‐1.31|‐1.21|‐1.40|‐1.41|‐1.50|‐1.62|‐1.62|‐1.33|‐1.11|‐0.72|‐0.71|
|2.European Union|‐0.04|‐0.26|‐0.08|0.06|0.05|0.16|‐0.03|‐0.12|‐0.19|‐0.32|‐0.37|‐0.33|
|3.Emerging & developing economies|‐0.05|0.28|0.15|0.25|0.41|0.54|0.99|1.29|1.15|1.18|0.48|0.69|
|4.Central and eastern Europe|‐0.07|‐0.09|‐0.03|‐0.05|‐0.08|‐0.12|‐0.12|‐0.17|‐0.22|‐0.23|‐0.11|‐0.09|
|5.Developing Asia|0.12|0.12|0.12|0.20|0.22|0.21|0.36|0.58|0.74|0.70|0.88|0.84|
|6.Middle East|0.05|0.23|0.13|0.09|0.15|0.23|0.45|0.52|0.46|0.56|‐0.02|0.10|
|7.China|0.05|0.06|0.05|0.11|0.12|0.16|0.35|0.52|0.67|0.70|0.65|0.75|
|8.Japan|0.37|0.37|0.28|0.34|0.37|0.41|0.37|0.35|0.38|0.26|0.17|0.17|
|9.Germany|‐0.09|‐0.10|0.00|0.12|0.12|0.31|0.32|0.37|0.46|0.39|0.13|0.13|
|10.Germanyand Middle East|‐0.04|0.12|0.13|0.21|0.28|0.54|0.77|0.89|0.92|0.95|0.11|0.23|
|Source:<br> Authors calculations using WEO 09/2009|||||||||||||

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