Balance
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In supporting financial-sector deleveraging, the Fed itself became highly leveraged, and troubled assets still plague its
balance
sheet.
By selling troubled assets in the secondary market, commercial banks could strengthen their
balance
sheets while avoiding liability increases and enhancing asset liquidity.
In order to mollify investors in the face of increased default risk, China’s government might force commercial banks to strengthen their
balance
sheets through collateralization or to swap defaulted loans for new bonds, backed by China’s foreign reserves held in US Treasuries.
A government that cannot
balance
its own finances cannot be relied on to provide macroeconomic stability.
If no job materialized, the individual would be held responsible for repaying only a fraction of the loan, with the
balance
absorbed by the company, which thus bears a share of the risk.
Europeans, too, know a new
balance
that needs to be struck.
Building on these strengths, the Bank must be willing to understand its client countries’ realities, rather than pontificate, and to
balance
its country-based work with its global roles.
If they pay only market value, it will be the banks that incur losses, and the government will have to repair their
balance
sheets.
The result is a multilateral trade deficit, with China and 101 other countries, required to provide the foreign capital needed for the
balance
of payments.
If no agreement on the last remaining issues is achieved, escalation will ensue: the Palestinians may declare independence unilaterally;Israel may retaliate; the delicate
balance
of Oslo may unravel.
When both bubbles burst, over-extended US households had no choice but to cut back and rebuild their damaged
balance
sheets by paying down outsize debt burdens and rebuilding depleted savings.
Sometimes connected with graft, hidden debts do not usually appear on
balance
sheets or in standard databases.
Given that the lending was denominated primarily in US dollars, it is subject to currency risk, adding another dimension of vulnerability to emerging-economy
balance
sheets.
The EU would need to make an annual commitment to frontline countries of at least €8-10 billion, with the
balance
coming from the United States and the rest of the world.
But a current-account deficit (the trade deficit plus the services balance) reflects the difference between saving and investment.
Although competitiveness within the eurozone would be unaffected, a weaker euro would significantly improve the external
balance
with the rest of the world, which accounts for about half of eurozone trade.
I was among those who hoped that, somehow, the financial crisis would teach Americans (and others) a lesson about the need for greater equality, stronger regulation, and a better
balance
between the market and government.
It is central to India’s “Look East” policy, which has evolved into more of an “Act East” policy, whereby the original strategy’s economic logic has been amplified by the larger geopolitical objective of ensuring Asian stability and a regional
balance
of power.
Such arguments are typically countered in policy debates by objections related to fiscal
balance
and macroeconomic stability.
So long as the return on those assets exceeds the cost of funds, public investment in fact strengthens the government’s
balance
sheet.
The central issue of our time is finding the right
balance
between the government and the market.
The challenge is: get the
balance
right.
On this economic board, other countries often
balance
American power.
More important, austerity has been very successful in restoring external
balance
to the eurozone’s periphery.
This temporary collapse has shaken public confidence and endangered the
balance
sheets of Ukrainian banks and companies that have hard-currency debts.
The bold policy action that countered the initial disorder prevented a global depression, but it encumbered public-sector
balance
sheets.
Accordingly, even countries with sound
balance
sheets and manageable leverage have experienced a growth slowdown.
Sadly, most American households are still far from recovery on the asset side of their
balance
sheets.
Although US politicians focus on the bilateral trade deficit with China – which is persistently large – what matters is the multilateral
balance.
Many factors other than exchange rates affect a country’s trade
balance.
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