Shadow
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Two of these downturns – Western Europe in the 1980’s and Japan in the 1990’s – cast a long and dark
shadow
on future economic performance.
Of course, in the absence of mobilization for WWII, it is possible and even likely that the Great Depression would have cast a
shadow
on post-1940 US economic growth.
In the US, we can already see signs that the downturn that started in 2008 is casting its
shadow
on the future.
And there is a large volume of bad loans in some state-owned banks and in the
shadow
banking system.
The world has paid dearly for their lack of understanding of the risks of securitization, and, more broadly, their failure to focus on leverage and the
shadow
banking system.
In view of these changed economic conditions, and the
shadow
of war in Iraq, you might expect the Bush Administration and the Republican-led Congress to be cautious in advocating new tax cuts.
Interest rates reach a ludicrous 20% in the
shadow
banking sector, and run even higher for some private lending.
With local governments and companies struggling to make interest payments, they are forced into a vicious cycle, borrowing from the
shadow
banking sector to meet their obligations, thereby raising the risk-free interest rate further.
The
shadow
of such fragmentation, with its unfathomable perils, now hangs over Iraq.
Alliances for PeaceWASHINGTON, DC – I grew up in the
shadow
of World War II, and at the dawn of the Cold War.
Such violence still casts a
shadow
over ethnic relations in Indonesia.
Policymakers and financial regulators lately have been seeking to reduce funding costs for businesses, which have been piling on risky debt in recent years, as insufficient access to official loans has pushed them to the
shadow
banking system.
But addressing debt risk in China – where social financing (a broad measure of credit, covering official and
shadow
bank lending and equity) rose from 130% of GDP to 207% early this year – is far from straightforward.
As it stands, there are considerable disparities between the one-year fixed deposit rate (3%); the official lending rate (6-8%) reserved for state-owned enterprises (SOEs), large corporations, and mortgages; and the market lending rate (10-20%) paid by private business and local-government projects that rely on
shadow
banking.
In particular, the private sector – especially small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs), which are most often driven to the
shadow
banking sector – would benefit more from credit relaxation than from a cut in official interest rates.
With
shadow
banks’ lending rates running as high as 20% annually, interest rates in the private credit market are already liberalized, with many SMEs able to cope.
And they must initiate a similar process to weed out inefficient borrowers from the banking (and
shadow
banking) system.
Two reasons reveal why markets celebrated: Communists were more likely to deliver stable government than the right; and, Communists were determined to act on the huge budget deficit that cast the
shadow
of bankruptcy over an economy that would otherwise have qualified as the most successful major economy after Japan.
Profound economic and technological changes in recent decades – together with privatization, deregulation, digitization, and financialization – have further empowered elites and enabled them to hone their use of political influencing via think tanks and philanthropies;
shadow
lobbying, workarounds that subvert standard processes; the media; campaign finance; and stints in “public service” to advance their interests.
The Post-Crisis CrisesNEW YORK – In the
shadow
of the euro crisis and America’s fiscal cliff, it is easy to ignore the global economy’s long-term problems.
The program, announced by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in November, amounts to a massive
shadow
budget, twice as large as the European Union’s annual official budget, that will finance public investment projects and ultimately help governments circumvent debt limits established in the Stability and Growth Pact.
But the program remains legally dubious, as it creates a massive
shadow
budget financed by borrowing that will operate parallel to the EU and national budgets, thereby placing a substantial risk-sharing burden on taxpayers.
In recent years, banks have been berated for using
shadow
budgets, in the form of special-purpose vehicles and conduits, to take on excessive risk.
In 2013, the talk has changed to the danger of a resurgent housing bubble and the collapse of the
shadow
banking system, which consists mainly of wealth-management firms and trust companies.
With relatively slow growth, corporate profitability, upon which the returns of the
shadow
banking system’s asset pools are based, is low and falling.
Where, then, will the high returns of the financial products provided by the
shadow
banking system come from?
If the
shadow
banking system collapses, the consequences for the financial system will be much graver than the problems caused by underground credit networks and local-government finance platforms, which were much discussed in 2012.
For China, the biggest risk probably lies in the
shadow
banking sector, on which reliable data are not available.
On the other hand, a significant share of the growth in private debt ratios in recent years may be a result of the “formalization” of parts of the
shadow
banking system – a trend that would bode well for economic stability.
Among his older, experienced colleagues, he resembled a lost puppy, or a well-coached boy imitating a king, always in his predecessors’
shadow.
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