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Black
markets
exist any time there is a profit to be made.
Certain governments will facilitate such markets, despite their obligation not to do so.
They stepped in when private
markets
froze, acting as lenders and dealers of last resort, and provided additional liquidity to grease the wheels of finance.
Originally created as a temporary fix in 2007, the swap lines established at that time connecting the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, and the Swiss National Bank have been extended each time a new crisis has unsettled the
markets.
So a case can be made that central banks should have the power to intervene in foreign-exchange markets, and that this power should – at least in times of crisis – include commitments to foreign central banks to provide unlimited liquidity in the domestic currency.
Why Switzerland and not Brazil, one of the largest emerging
markets?
Though it all sounded straightforward,
markets
were confused.
Meanwhile, as these countries move farther down the road to free
markets
in reproductive medicine, France is debating all of its bioethics laws – and continuing to stand up for a different model, focused on social justice and protection of vulnerable women.
France is not a Shangri-La, isolated from global
markets
or the pressures of international research.
A Tale of Two CountriesSANTIAGO – Barely two years ago, Brazil’s rapid economic growth and expanding middle class made it the darling of financial markets, whereas Mexico was better known for drug gangs and violence.
With slow growth and stalled economic reforms, financial
markets
were about to write off Mexico as a lost cause.
For starters, financial markets’ behavior says more about them than it does about the countries in question.
With analysts focused more on short-term figures than on structural trends, it is not surprising that financial
markets
often fail to comprehend the real story.
What new goods and services will Brazil and the others export a decade from now, and to which
markets?
That would give financial
markets
– and the citizens of the region – a genuine reason to cheer.
As a result, governments have been confined to tinkering at the margins of markets’ allocation of resources.
A substantial share of the corporations holding large debts are state-owned, and are thus more subject to policy than they are to
markets.
The European Banking DisunionBRUSSELS – The purpose of the euro was to create fully integrated financial markets; but, since the start of the global financial crisis in 2008,
markets
have been renationalizing.
So the future of the eurozone depends crucially on whether that trend continues or Europe’s financial
markets
become fully integrated.
The opposite of the renationalization scenario is complete integration of eurozone financial
markets.
In financial markets, an unexpected collapse in real-estate securities and design defects in the derivatives and repo
markets
combined to damage core financial institutions’ ability make good on their payment obligations.
In the United States, AIG, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers – all with large derivatives and/or repo investments – failed, freezing up credit
markets
for a scary few weeks.
But, with the cash coming from short-term repos making up much of core financial firms’ balance sheets, tremors in financial
markets
could hit them hard, drying up repo financing for a few, as occurred in 2008.
But the next player in line is too often the US government, as guarantor of too-big-to-fail financial institutions, and it is poorly positioned to regulate these
markets
on a day-to-day basis.
But the derivatives and repo
markets
present risks that are poorly understood, difficult to communicate in the media, and hard for politicians to debate and resolve.
During a crisis, these
markets
attract public attention and scorn, but, as the economy steadies, ordinary people lose interest, leaving the financial industry to control its own destiny with legislatures.
NEW DELHI – From Argentina to Turkey and from South Africa to Indonesia, emerging
markets
are once again being roiled by financial turbulence.
As US rates exceed Chinese rates, capital will flow out of China, as it has from other emerging
markets
this year.
Re-Booting Emerging EuropeLONDON – After the 1997-1998 financial crisis, policymakers in Asia’s major emerging
markets
– South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, and even Indonesia – vowed “never again” to be humiliated by international capital
markets.
Similarly, emerging economies in Latin America changed their economic-policy course after devastating crises – in some cases a series of them – and moved toward strengthening monetary frameworks to reduce dollarization and build local capital markets, liberalize markets, and improve governance.
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