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The G-20 promised to triple the Fund’s lending capacity (from $250 billion to $750 billion), issue $250 billion of new Special Drawing Rights (a reserve asset made up of a basket of major currencies), and permit the Fund to
borrow
in capital markets (which it has never done) if necessary.
Farmers
borrow
money from usurious private lenders.
Yet Germany’s corporate sector remains reluctant to
borrow
and invest in the country, because it sees little reason to expect long-term economic growth, given that the population is set to decline and productivity gains remain anemic.
Such market optimism led to de-regulation of financial markets in the 1980’s and 1990’s, and the subsequent explosion of financial innovation which made it “safe” to
borrow
larger and larger sums of money on the back of predictably rising assets.
American exasperation has probably been curbed by its need to
borrow
so much money – much of it from China.
He is no ordinary US president, and he must be taken seriously, though not literally, to
borrow
a phrase from The Atlantic’s Salena Zito.
But leading banks are also accused of illegal behavior – inducing people to borrow, for example, by deceiving them about the interest rate that would actually be paid, while misrepresenting the resulting mortgage-backed securities to investors.
One measure of this deficiency is rates of borrowing; in East Africa, where my organization works, women
borrow
13% less money for farm-related activities than men do.
In Argentina and Venezuela, the winners are those who have preferential access to foreign exchange, those who benefit from the government’s profligacy, those who can
borrow
at the negative real interest rates that lax policies create, and those who do not mind waiting in long lines to buy rationed items.
Given that QE managed to sustain near-zero interest rates for almost seven years, it should have encouraged governments in developed countries to
borrow
and invest in infrastructure, education, and social sectors.
Because of low interest rates in the United States, major financial institutions can
borrow
cheaply in dollars and then chase much higher returns in the major emerging-market countries.
Usually, low interest rates lead firms to
borrow
more to invest more, and greater indebtedness is matched by more productive assets.
To get more people to
borrow
more money, credit standards were lowered, fueling growth in so-called “subprime” mortgages.
But, to
borrow
Thatcher’s old slogan, if we are serious about reducing poverty and inequality, “There is no alternative.”
When the excess demand is for longer-term assets – bonds to serve as vehicles for savings that move purchasing power from the present into the future – the natural response is twofold: induce businesses to
borrow
more and build more capacity, and encourage the government to
borrow
and spend, thus bringing the supply of bonds back into balance with demand.
They can
borrow
from China’s high savers to finance a massive and rapid build-up of education, skills, and infrastructure to underpin their own future economic prosperity.
With the state unwilling to spend, and the private sector unable to borrow, total investment fell by 9% in the first nine months of the 2016-2017 fiscal year, after falling by 17% during the same period the previous year.
As a new member, however, Greece was able to
borrow
easily from 2000 to 2008, and the debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 109%.
When a government starts to
borrow
abroad or chooses to enter a currency union, these benefits take the form of reduced interest rates.
With interest rates at or even below zero, investors
borrow
for highly speculative purposes.
With the US able to
borrow
at record-low interest rates, and with the promise of high returns on public investments after a decade of neglect, it is clear what it should do.
When international investors came knocking again in 2003, many emerging markets declined to
borrow
in dollars or other foreign currencies.
What the revelers failed to note, however, was that, to
borrow
that €3 billion on behalf of its creditors, the Greek state added €816 million in interest payments to its debt repayments for 2025.
In the US, the issue was whether a government that could
borrow
at record-low interest rates, in the middle of a recession, should do so.
Removing national governments’ ability to run large deficits and
borrow
at will is the necessary counterpart to a joint guarantee of sovereign debts and easy borrowing terms today.
Jacques Delors, one of the architects of the euro, now claims that his idea for a single currency was good, but that its “execution” was flawed, because the weaker countries were allowed to
borrow
too much.
He says that it merely reflects a feedback mechanism that is always present: any initial upward shock to asset prices strengthens the balance sheets of financial institutions, so in response they
borrow
more and bid up prices even more.
The direct impact is obvious: a government that cannot
borrow
will have to cut spending or raise taxes, with contractionary consequences.
High-income countries like Norway can
borrow
to finance such projects, allowing them to save their oil wealth in a sovereign fund.
Governments should
borrow
to invest in research, education, and infrastructure.
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