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In a financial crisis, they become over-leveraged, unable to
borrow
more, and forced to take drastic action that may impede recovery from the crisis.
So, even in the throes of a financial crisis, banks and non-financial firms can continue to
borrow
if their balance sheets are sound, uncontaminated by the “sovereign risk” of their state government.
The government has had to
borrow
abroad massively to cover the shortfall.
But some commodity exporters still seek ways to
borrow
that won’t expose them to excessive risk.
Cardoso did just about anything to get reelected: spend, borrow, just keep the economy alive until election day.
To
borrow
the philosopher Isaiah Berlin’s famous taxonomy, a supervisor is like a fox; it knows many small things, is flexible, and constantly adapts its survival strategy.
True, Clinton offers numerous programs that she would push as president; but, to
borrow
from Winston Churchill, there is no theme to her pudding.
The difference reflects a combination of the lower rate on short-term debt and the highly favorable terms on which Greece is now able to
borrow
from official lenders at the IMF and the ECB.
If Greece had to
borrow
at the market interest rate on ten-year bonds, its deficit would rise by 6.5% of the Greek government debt or 11% of GDP.
What is worse, the argument goes, the expectation of monetary financing would drive governments to
borrow
excessively.
But, rather than
borrow
to invest, firms cut investment to pay down debt, driving two decades of stagnation and deflation.
The general lesson from the euro crisis and the US rating downgrade is simple: given that so many countries have chronic excess savings (Germany, Japan, China, oil exporters), the world economy cannot recover without finding ways to channel these excess savings to economies that are both creditworthy and willing to
borrow.
Member countries could
borrow
at practically the same interest rate as Germany, and banks were happy to earn a few extra pennies by loading up their balance sheets with the government debt of the eurozone’s weaker economies.
Indeed, as eurozone members’ inability to print their own money effectively relegated them to the status of less-developed countries that must
borrow
in a foreign currency, risk premiums widened accordingly.
Most oil-producing countries have already started to cut expenditures, borrow, and draw down their reserves.
If he wants to buy more goods and services than what he can afford on his current income, he will have to
borrow
money.
If the inhabitants aren’t saving enough to finance the investments they want to make, they will have to
borrow
money.
Americans can collectively
borrow
from abroad because other countries, not least China, save a lot more of what they earn.
In the UK, the Bank of England has announced that in February it will end its mortgage Funding for Lending Scheme, which allowed lenders to
borrow
at ultra-low rates in exchange for providing loans.
We estimate that Mexico’s annual credit gap – the difference between what companies would be expected to
borrow
and what is actually loaned – is $60 billion a year.
Prudent lenders therefore try to limit both how much a business can
borrow
and the other risks it can take.
Yet focusing mainly on how much banks
borrow
while ignoring other, more serious recklessness is a bad regulatory bet.
With short- and long-term interest rates so low, mortgage-credit restrictions seem to have a limited effect on the incentives to
borrow
to purchase a home.
For example, if loan-to-value ratios are reduced and down payments on home purchases are higher, households may have an incentive to
borrow
from friends and family – or from banks in the form of personal unsecured loans – to finance a down payment.
From my perspective, this void presents an opportunity to consider new governance paradigms, including those that
borrow
from two commonly discussed models: the “Washington Consensus” and the “Beijing Model.”
If a member country ran up additional debts, it could
borrow
only in its own name.
Such loans, of course, would require a major global initiative, at a time when even blue-chip companies cannot
borrow
overnight, much less for 25 years!
Only businesses that can
borrow
long-term now, lock in a low real interest rate, and invest in expanding their capacity can make the domestic bet that interest rates will rise.
“Normal access” should be raised to levels that are concomitant with members’ potential need to borrow, and a new liquidity line to provide reliable and meaningful front-loaded financial support should be created.
By making it impossible for sovereigns to restructure, he effectively rendered them unable to
borrow
in the United States.
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