Scenarios for the Sustainability of the Current Account

Since the actual debt-to-GDP ratio falls short of the discounted present value of foreign debt outstanding in period 2016 by 35 percent, we say the current account is unsustainable.
The sustainability of the current account requires that ‘A’ be increased over each year of the period 2007-2016.

Since the actual debt-to-GDP ratio falls short of the discounted present value of foreign debt outstanding in period 2016 by 35 percent, we say the current account is unsustainable.