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Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98. Not wanting to rely solely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) again, the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) was created in 2000. When the CMI also proved inadequate following the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278018
Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98. Not wanting to rely solely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) again, the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) was created in 2000. When the CMI also proved inadequate following the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278113
Financial safety nets in Asia have come a long way since the Asian Financial Crisis (AFC) of 1997–98. Not wanting to rely solely on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) again, the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI) was created in 2000. When the CMI also proved inadequate following the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278169
This paper addresses the issue of international payments in a stock-flow framework, by capturing the interaction between the current account balance and international assets portfolios of domestic and foreign investors. It is argued that the stability of such interaction may be affected by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651642
This paper addresses the issue of international payments in a stock-flow framework, by capturing the interaction between the current account balance and international assets portfolios of domestic and foreign investors. It is argued that the stability of such interaction may be affected by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651653
Recently, a dramatic accumulation in foreign exchange reserves has been widely observed in developing countries. This paper explores the possible long-run impacts of this trend on macroeconomic variables in developing countries. We analyze a simple open economy model where increased foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364008
This paper uses the standard one-sector neoclassical growth model to investigate why Chinas consumption has been low and investment high. It finds that the low cost of capital has been quantitatively an important factor. Theory predicts that the price of capital may have been significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363931
current account surpluses tend to have sufficient fiscal space. The evidence suggests that excessive savings rather than … encourage consumption, either by raising the level of household disposable income or reducing the savings rate are likely to … demand for precautionary savings. Governments can raise investment spending directly through increased government investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278107
current account surpluses tend to have sufficient fiscal space. The evidence suggests that excessive savings rather than … encourage consumption, either by raising the level of household disposable income or reducing the savings rate are likely to … demand for precautionary savings. Governments can raise investment spending directly through increased government investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278160
current account surpluses tend to have sufficient fiscal space. The evidence suggests that excessive savings rather than … encourage consumption, either by raising the level of household disposable income or reducing the savings rate are likely to … demand for precautionary savings. Governments can raise investment spending directly through increased government investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011278217