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But a shift is occurring: global
markets
already are more important than national
markets
for small and medium-size countries, and they are approaching that status for large economies.
In less than a decade, it will be the huge world market, rather than national markets, that allocates capital, finance, and skilled labor.
The emergence of such a truly global capitalism – a process that, to be sure, is far from complete – means that
markets
will no longer be embedded in the politics or regulatory systems of various nation-states.
Despite the internal challenges it faces, it continues to try to regulate
markets
beyond national borders.
Fourth, the countries at risk are among the most promising frontier
markets.
The cumulative stock of FDI has reached close to $10 trillion, making it the most important mechanism for delivery of goods and services to foreign markets: sales by foreign affiliates total roughly $19 trillion, compared to world exports of $11 trillion.
FDI in developed countries (and increasingly in emerging markets) often takes the form of cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s).
This response is intertwined with a defensive reaction to the growing role of TNC’s from emerging markets, the “new kids on the block.”
But there are signs that it is spreading to emerging
markets.
Confidence returned, capital flight from Latin America was reversed, and capital
markets
became willing to provide financing again.
Likewise, today’s euro crisis is harder to resolve because of the euro’s strength in currency
markets.
Why are
markets
focusing on foreign debt?
Financial
markets
thus look at the overall indebtedness of a country.
With a rainy day “reserve fund” of only 4.5% of GDP and scant access to international financial markets, Russia urgently needs a fiscal Plan B.The good news is that Russia’s government now seems to recognize this.
The Dollar and the Damage DoneBERKELEY – The US Federal Reserve is being widely blamed for the recent eruption of volatility in emerging
markets.
It is striking, therefore, that the Fed has made no effort to take into account the impact of its policies on emerging economies or the blowback from emerging
markets
on the US.
Emerging
markets
comprise more than a third of global GDP.
What happens in emerging
markets
does not stay in emerging
markets.
Yet Fed officials, while commenting copiously about their motives for tapering QE, have said nothing about the impact of doing so on emerging
markets.
Under these arrangements, the Fed stands ready to provide dollars to this handful of favored foreign central banks – an acknowledgment of the dollar’s unique role in international financial
markets.
Nor is it enough to follow the dictates of international financial
markets
– that may get good bond ratings and please international investors, but it does not mean that jobs are being created or that standards of living are being increased for most citizens.
Indeed, the fallibility of the bond
markets
and rating agencies was evident in the run up to the 2008 crisis.
Competition in product
markets
is far too circumscribed.
The “troika” institutions (the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund) have, over the years, relied on a process of backward induction: They set a date (say, the year 2020) and a target for the ratio of nominal debt to national income (say, 120%) that must be achieved before money
markets
are deemed ready to lend to Greece at reasonable rates.
The pipeline for infrastructure projects in emerging
markets
is estimated to have surpassed $1 trillion – $150 billion of which is expected to be raised from private sources.
In mature markets, infrastructure investment is projected to reach $4 trillion by 2017.
Our analysis of investment deals over the past 18 months shows that public-private partnerships increasingly rely on capital
markets
to source funds, even as banks rein in lending in order to comply with the regulatory provisions set out by the Third Basel Accord.
After all, as Robert Kagan recently pointed out, in today’s deeply interconnected world, we need rules and institutions to govern
markets
and economic activity more than ever.
And German resistance contributed to a delay in the ECB’s intervention in bond markets; when the ECB finally did launch its bond-buying program, it did so with Germany’s tacit approval.
Companies with deep data sets will increasingly have the ability to play in
markets
outside their traditional domains – and leaders already are seizing the opportunities.
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