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Even though the US and Iran are in a
spiral
of distrust, for example, there could be grounds for reestablishing a far healthier bilateral relationship.
When a river that crosses a border or flows through disputed territory becomes a matter of life and death, or food prices skyrocket because a local crop has failed (or even because a major global producer redirects its exports to its own hungry people), conflict can start and
spiral
out of control very quickly.
Under the existing regime, the country had been on a rapid downward
spiral
of the kind that has now become familiar in Greece and elsewhere in Europe.
A
spiral
of mutually destructive diplomacy might result.
As a result, the real interest rate would rise further, pushing the economy deeper into a downward
spiral
of falling prices and declining demand.
But Japan has experienced a low rate of inflation and some sustained short periods of deflation without ever producing a downward price
spiral.
This, in turn, creates the need for more internal devaluation, further heightening the debt burden, and so on, in a vicious
spiral
downward into depression.
Advanced countries moved to prevent a downward
spiral
using monetary and fiscal policy tools.
The Egyptian process, however, should not be considered merely a return to the pre-2011 status quo; rather, developments constitute what could be characterized as an ascending
spiral
that, while turning back on itself, nevertheless advances.
The same could be said of Syria, though the
spiral
there has been an unremittingly downward one, and any reversal remains blocked, particularly since the failure of the second round of peace negotiations in Geneva.
Stop-and-go aid has left Haiti in an unmitigated downward
spiral.
In sharp contrast, a debt write-down like Greece’s in 2012, which resulted from a program’s failure, only contributes to maintaining the downward
spiral.
Without market credibility, interest rates and credit spreads will remain high and hijack the fiscal-adjustment effort, forcing the economy into a downward
spiral.
The only alternatives to an IMF program are an inflationary
spiral
to dilute the real value of debt and other nominal liabilities, or a downward economic
spiral
that may cause a need for debt restructuring.
So it would appear that it was the Iranians who blinked first, before the incident could
spiral
into a genuine 1979-style hostage crisis.
Indeed, without the single currency, many of these countries would have succumbed to a downward
spiral
of devaluation, default, and recourse to the IMF.
Suddenly, the Fund has moved to center stage as the only agency seemingly capable of stemming the vicious downward
spiral
that is currently seizing emerging-market stocks and bonds.
If this language were adopted, it would eliminate automatic cyclical fiscal adjustments, which could easily lead to a downward
spiral
of demand and a serious depression.
It is not clear what would end this downward
spiral
of fiscal tightening and falling activity.
But, in an increasingly inflationary environment, any such efforts could fuel an outbreak of the dreaded wage-price
spiral
– the same lethal interplay that wreaked such havoc in the United States in the 1970’s.
When market liquidity becomes tight, as it is currently, sales decisions and valuations based on mark-to-market accounting reinforce the downward
spiral
by causing further forced sell-offs, which amplifies the decline in mark-to-market prices.
Both herald further budget cuts and a downward deflationary
spiral.
Should markets start questioning their sustainability, the situation would quickly
spiral
out of control.
Instead, the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act closed off American markets and provoked other countries into a
spiral
of retaliatory trade measures.
US financial institutions should have continued to lend to distressed borrowers, in order to prevent a
spiral
in which credit rationing forced price reductions and intensified world deflation.
Even though the dollar is already overvalued, it could move into a self-reinforcing upward spiral, as it did in the early 1980s and late 1990s, owing to dollar debts accumulated in emerging markets by governments and companies tempted by near-zero interest rates.
And, if the downward
spiral
in house prices continues, the value of mortgage-backed securities held by financial institutions around the world will continue to decline, affecting the supply of credit far beyond the US.
If the central bank cannot lower interest rates further to stimulate the economy, what will stop a potential downward
spiral
of prices?
The fear now in both countries is that inflation shocks could turn into a self-reinforcing price
spiral.
Getting started now will save countless lives and prevent a further tragic downward
spiral
of a society that stands on the brink of survival.
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