Inflows
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In South Korea, net private-capital
inflows
of 4.8% of GDP in 1996 swung to net outflows of 3.4% of GDP in 1997.
And the authorities’ strong commitment to reform restored investor confidence, reviving
inflows
of private capital and reactivating foreign trade.
In 2011 alone, net capital
inflows
fell nearly 90% year on year, tourism was down 30%, the trade deficit soared to $28 billion, and GDP growth slowed from 3.8% to 1%.
Today’s economic silver bullet is an “innovation city” in Skolkovo, which the government hopes will spur
inflows
of modern technology.
In fact, by the end of last year, capital
inflows
had pushed the dollar up to levels not seen in more than a decade, owing to expectations of large-scale deregulation, tax cuts, and fiscal stimulus in the form of infrastructure spending and increased outlays for America’s supposedly “depleted” military.
Inflows
of foreign capital stopped.
But
inflows
through money-market funds are not so bad for banks, which get the cash without having to set aside reserves or pay for deposit insurance.
While no two financial crises are identical, all tend to share some telltale symptoms: a significant slowdown in economic growth and exports, the unwinding of asset-price booms, growing current-account and fiscal deficits, rising leverage, and a reduction or outright reversal in capital
inflows.
US policy is thus delivering a double whammy on competitive devaluation – weakening the dollar and forcing competitors to strengthen their currencies (though some are taking countermeasures, erecting barriers to short-term
inflows
and intervening more directly in foreign-exchange markets).
The search for higher yields drove investors and speculators to developing countries, where the
inflows
increased leverage, propped up equity prices, and in some cases supported a commodity price boom.
But the capital flows are now reversing, turning negative for the first time since 2006, with net outflows from developing countries in 2015 exceeding $600 billion – more than one-quarter of the
inflows
they received during the previous six years.
Many emerging markets recognized the dangers and tried to reduce capital
inflows.
Corporate sectors in developing countries, having increased their leverage with capital
inflows
during the post-2008 period, are particularly vulnerable.
Inflation remains contained, but, more to the point, China’s government has an arsenal of other weapons (from taxes on capital
inflows
and capital-gains taxes to a variety of monetary instruments) at its disposal.
In theory, the Norway option – membership of the European Economic Area – could be stretched to include a Liechtenstein-type protocol on limiting residency permits, or involve use of the EEA’s safeguard clause, which might allow restrictions on migration if
inflows
rose too quickly.
Many developing countries have made progress since the 1990’s in shifting from dollar-denominated debt toward foreign direct investment and other types of capital inflows, or in paying down their liabilities altogether.
Investors are returning, and FDI
inflows
this fiscal year are set to exceed the $25 billion received in 2007-08.
They have shown that the major capital
inflows
were not from emerging markets, but from Europe, where there was no net balance-of-payments surplus.
With developing countries finding it difficult to deter massive capital
inflows
or mitigate the effects – owing to economic constraints, like high inflation, or to domestic politics – the “currency wars” metaphor, coined in 2010 by Brazil’s finance minister, Guido Mantega, has resonated widely.
In the case of a US default, however, it would start to attract capital inflows, causing the euro to rise, adding to already-substantial headwinds to growth and employment, and making recovery in its damaged peripheral economies nearly impossible.
Measures to counter “excessive” capital
inflows
– of the type introduced in Brazil and Malaysia – might be needed.
As investors sought the higher yields on land, property, equities, bonds, and bank deposits that were attainable in emerging markets after 2008, capital
inflows
to Latin America tripled, boosting asset prices, credit, and aggregate demand.
The region’s economies are now cooling and incomes are flattening, and low-cost capital
inflows
will no longer encourage public- and private-sector consumption.
When the eurozone panic ensued in July 2011,
inflows
came to a halt and fled to the “safety” of the United States, Switzerland, and beyond.
Stated differently, Greece is now able to finance its current level of consumption and investment, including government and private spending, without relying on capital
inflows
from the rest of the world.
And emerging-market growth returned to pre-crisis levels and appears to be sustainable, helped by unorthodox policies designed to “sterilize” massive capital
inflows.
SANTA BARBARA – Since Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, capital
inflows
have pushed up the dollar’s value to levels not seen in more than a decade.
Large capital
inflows
led to overheating and inflation, asset-price bubbles, and rapid currency appreciation.
According to a new study by the economists Robert Shapiro and Aparna Mathur, if India achieved Chinese levels of IP protection, its annual FDI
inflows
would increase by 33% annually.
In the pharmaceutical sector – which is particularly vulnerable to IP infringement – a stronger IP regime could increase FDI
inflows
from $1.5 billion this year to $8.3 billion in 2020, with pharmaceutical R&D doubling to $1.3 billion over the same period.
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