United States: Selected Issues

IMF Staff Country Reports, August 5, 2003

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Household savings and the role of household savings in supporting the U.S. recovery.
The market for single-family housing and the importance of housing for household balance sheets.
Underfunding of corporate pension plans, and associated macroeconomic and policy implications.
The U.S. fiscal position and review of the causes of the fiscal crisis.
Impact of energy shocks, energy policy, and the role of taxation.
Growth in linkages between the United States and other G-7 countries, including regional and bilateral trade link issues.

Household savings are analyzed in the context of supporting the U.S. recovery.
Single-family housing market dynamics are examined with emphasis on implications for household balance sheets.
Corporate pension plans are noted to be underfunded, with discussion of macroeconomic and policy implications.
The U.S. fiscal position is reviewed, including causes of the fiscal crisis.
Energy shocks and energy policy are examined, with attention to taxation's role.
Increasing linkages between the United States and other G-7 countries are analyzed, including regional and bilateral trade links issues.

Subjects: Consumption, Energy prices, Financial services, Housing prices, Labor, National accounts, Pensions, Prices, Real interest rates
Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Central America, Consumption, CR, Energy prices, equity wealth, Europe, GDP, Global, house price, Housing prices, ISCR, NAFTA, NAFTA partner, North America, Pensions, price, price shock, Real interest rates, saving rate

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Citation example (Chicago): International Monetary Fund. "United States: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2003, 245 (2003), accessed 9/12/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451839623.002

International Monetary Fund. "United States: Selected Issues", Country Report No. 2003/245 (2003).