IMPACT OF CURRENT ACCOUNT ON JORDANIAN PUBLIC BUDGET DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD (1992-2016)
This study aims to measure the impact of current account (CA) on Jordanian public budget deficit (BD) for the period (1992-2016) . The econometrics model was built for purpose of measuring and analyzing the impact of current account on Jordanian public budget deficit. Before estimating the parameters of the econometrics model was used some tests to verify its validity, for example: Test Augment Dickey-Fuller (ADF) to verify that the unit root test problem for stationary of the time series, and use Johansen methodology to test the co-integration, and use the Granger causality Test, and the Vector Auto Regressive (VAR) was used to analyze the study data. The causality test showed that the causal relationship between the two variables is bi-directional, where the direction of the relationship of current account (CA) towards Jordanian public budget deficit (BD) and conversely. The study found that there exist a statistically significant impact for current account (CA) on Jordanian public budget deficit (BD) at the significance level (α = 0.05), and this result is considered compatible with the Jordanian economy. The study recommends that Jordan need to follow policy in order to improve the payments balance, such as increasing the Jordan's exports of goods or reducing the imports of luxury goods. KEYWORDS: Current account, Public budget deficit, Government spending, Trade balance, Sustainable fiscal policy.