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There may be a legitimate role for government in limiting excessive volatility, but if underlying economic
fundamentals
do not drive the exchange rate, what is the basis of our confidence in the market system?
Optimists argue that the potential for rapid growth remains immense, owing to better macroeconomic
fundamentals
and the promise of best-practice technology spreading throughout the emerging world.
But strong legal
fundamentals
are no less important for creating a business-friendly environment.
Because European interest rates no longer are clearly out of whack with the
fundamentals
of the euro-zone economy, monetary policy has become more complex.
But is the recovery of asset prices driven by economic
fundamentals?
While economic data suggests that improvement in
fundamentals
has occurred - the risk of a near depression has been reduced; the prospects of the global recession bottoming out by year end are increasing; and risk sentiment is improving - it is equally clear that other, less sustainable factors are also playing a role.
The risk of a correction in the face of disappointing macroeconomic
fundamentals
is clear.
The recent recovery of asset prices from their March lows is in part justified by fundamentals, as the risks of global financial meltdown and depression have fallen and confidence has improved.
The regional economic spillovers are limited by the fact that other borrowers can continue to function normally: creditworthiness is determined by a borrower’s
fundamentals
and not its state of residence.
But examine the fundamentals: in America, real estate prices continue to fall, millions of homes are underwater, with the value of mortgages exceeding the market price, and unemployment is increasing, with hundreds of thousands reaching the end of their 39 weeks of unemployment insurance.
Furthermore, poor macroeconomic fundamentals, slow progress on reform, and political turmoil have constrained the use of these resources.
In the past year, the world has seen another boom, with a tsunami of capital, portfolio equity, and fixed-income investments surging into emerging-market countries perceived as having strong macroeconomic, policy, and financial
fundamentals.
When justified by economic fundamentals, the exchange rate should be allowed to rise gradually.
And, as the rankings change over time to reflect countries’ improving or worsening fundamentals, the equity markets that “smart beta” investors choose change accordingly.
Merkel could first help to restore trust in Europe’s economic
fundamentals.
States have no principles, only interests, geopoliticians argue, and those interests are determined by geographic location and other
fundamentals.
This is particularly relevant to large investors who, unlike traders, cannot totally ignore macroeconomic
fundamentals
without abandoning reasonable diversification.
Consistent, reliable, long-term success requires forward-thinking measures that focus on building strong
fundamentals.
Silvio Berlusconi’s government, together with a fiscally conscious opposition, managed to secure – in only a few days – parliamentary approval of a package of measures worth more than €50 billion, in order to restore market confidence in the soundness of Italy’s economic
fundamentals.
Unless expectations about the
fundamentals
of future supply and demand change, the rise in the interest rate will cause oil prices to fall further.
Before the financial crisis, when so many private interests and profitable opportunities were at stake, many economists defended a growth model that was based more on “irrational exuberance” than on sound
fundamentals.
But we have learned time and again that stock markets are driven more by psychology than by reasoning about
fundamentals.
One consequence of high interest rates is that the exchange rate of the pound is far higher than the economic
fundamentals
would justify.
Given this, simply learning the
fundamentals
in school is not enough; students also need to gain the capacity to analyze, think critically and creatively, and solve problems.
Indeed, some countries with strong economic
fundamentals
and responsible macroeconomic policies – such as Mexico – are still suffering.
Just as successive rounds of monetary-policy loosening in the US and the EU caused large shifts in EMDCs’ financial conditions and asset prices that were largely unrelated to underlying fundamentals, so the current instability in many EMDCs is driven more by the unwinding of these policies than by domestic factors.
This purpose may seem increasingly controversial in pluralistic Western societies, but universities should at least provide their students with an understanding of the models, history, and philosophical
fundamentals
with which to debate these issues.
Fundamentals
such as productivity, education, research and development, and the tax system are more important.
One of the most important – but often ignored – conditions for a successful currency union is its members’ ability to agree on certain
fundamentals
of economic policy.
Moreover, many economists believe that the euro's post-launch dive against the dollar was simply not justified by macroeconomic
fundamentals
in America and Europe, which its revival in the spring and summer of 2002 seem to confirm.
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