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Unlike the dollar and the pound, the yen and the Deutschemark did not depend on attracting foreign
inflows.
Both Japan and Germany were slow in liberalizing their domestic financial systems as they tried to limit capital
inflows
for a substantial period of time in order to avoid rapid currency appreciation and the consequent erosion of their export competitiveness.
Of the budget's many proposed measures to boost
inflows
of foreign investment, one appears risky from a macro-prudential perspective.
The deal with the vulture funds was supposed to reduce the cost of financing and boost investor confidence, thereby attracting
inflows
of foreign direct investment (FDI).
And there were no significant FDI inflows, because, as Macri’s critics had cautioned, the uncertainty surrounding his policies deterred investment.
For example, the capital
inflows
associated with external borrowing are putting upward pressure on the peso, threatening sectors that are important for job creation.
On the economic front, annual foreign investment
inflows
have plummeted from $3 billion in the mid-1990's to a minuscule $300 million in 2003.
This requires political involvement as well as massive
inflows
of resources in order to rebuild and to ensure their development.
Rising
inflows
of private capital have been accompanied by large-scale national energy-sector reforms, which should help increase the availability of electricity.
Similarly, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), the subsidiary of the People’s Bank of China that controls the foreign-exchange transactions of commercial banks and households, derives its power from controlling capital
inflows
and outflows.
Those deficits must be financed by net
inflows
of funds from other countries.
Maybe this time, with a political crisis over migration erupting three years after migration
inflows
peaked, that lesson will finally be recognized.
Just as an athlete might use steroids to get quick results, while avoiding the tough workouts that are needed to develop endurance and ensure long-term health, some emerging economies have relied on short-term capital
inflows
(so-called “hot money”) to support growth, while delaying or even avoiding difficult but necessary economic and financial reforms.
This scenario has the potential to disrupt growth in those emerging economies that have failed to take advantage of the recent capital
inflows
by pursuing reforms.
Indeed, more than three-fifths of developing countries – many of which are strong economic performers that benefited from pre-crisis reforms (and thus attracted more stable capital
inflows
like foreign-direct investment) – actually appreciated last spring and summer.
While these opportunities will be more difficult to capture than the easy capital
inflows
of the quantitative-easing era, the payoffs will be far more durable.
And any resumption of large refugee
inflows
could pose an existential threat to European unity.
FDI flows, which are less volatile than other capital flows, remained by far the largest, accounting for nearly 60% of emerging markets’ total
inflows
in 2012.
But, from 2009 to 2012, portfolio bond flows, which are sensitive to sudden shifts in investor sentiment, were the most rapidly growing component of
inflows.
The IMF finds that emerging markets’ net capital
inflows
have been above their long-term structural trend and more sensitive to interest-rate differentials since 2008.
The Fed study finds that emerging economies’ total net capital
inflows
have been higher than expected in the post-crisis period, driven by larger-than-predicted net portfolio
inflows
(mainly bond flows).
The MGI also finds that, compared to pre-crisis trends, portfolio-debt
inflows
to emerging markets were larger than predicted between 2009 and 2012.
Moreover, their macroeconomic fundamentals are sound, and they have used macro- and micro-prudential tools to contain surges in capital
inflows
and minimize their destabilizing effects on asset prices and credit conditions.
But some countries are at risk, especially those with large current-account deficits, large foreign capital
inflows
relative to the size of their financial markets, and low foreign-exchange reserves.
If that fails, Trump could unilaterally intervene to weaken the dollar, or impose capital controls to limit dollar-strengthening capital
inflows.
Without
inflows
of Chinese capital, the US Treasury would face higher interest rates, raising the cost of financing government debt and the cost of homeowners’ mortgages.
Advanced economies dominate MGI’s latest Connectedness Index, which ranks countries on both
inflows
and outflows of goods, services, finance, people, and data relative to their size and share in each type of global flow.
Admittedly, it could help members cope better with volatility and, therefore, be more open to
inflows
of short-tern capital, but this need not result in bad policies.
What has fed these
inflows?
They can lengthen their debt maturities by imposing controls on capital inflows, as Chile and Colombia have done.
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