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Trade Deficits: Capital Deepening or Consumption? Suppose a country that had balanced trade began to run...

Trade Deficits: Capital Deepening or Consumption? Suppose a country that had balanced trade began to run a trade deficit. At the same time, consumption as a share of GDP increased but the investment share did not. Do you think there was an increase in capital deepening?

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