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Indeed, there is
volatility
just beneath the surface.
Of the nearly one billion motor vehicles worldwide – enough to circle the planet 100 times if parked end to end – some 95% depend on oil for energy, making car travel subject to resource geopolitics and price
volatility.
He talked about “the revolution in finance as it was realized that asset prices show large
volatility
that does not reflect anything about fundamentals,” but added that “macroeconomics [did not] keep up with [this] revolution.”
Investors are concerned about Chinese equities’ erratic performance, regulatory risks, and policy surprises, as well as the uncertainties stemming from greater
volatility
in asset prices, including property prices, interest rates, and the exchange rate.
Moreover, taxation would increase costs (passed on to borrowers) and reduce the volume of transactions, thereby fueling market
volatility
amid decreasing liquidity.
This has given rise to continuing concerns about under-diversification, which would make them vulnerable to
volatility
in global commodity markets and pose challenges for employment.
The fact that Greek stocks are tumbling and bond yields are soaring means almost nothing; after seven years of economic contraction and human suffering worse than that during the Great Depression of the 1930s, even a large amount of
volatility
is no reason to persist with failed policies.
The recent correction is now being characterized as a fleeting aberration – a
volatility
shock – in what is still deemed to be a very accommodating investment climate.
Driven by the momentum of trends in employment, industrial production, consumer sentiment, and corporate earnings, the case for sound fundamentals plays like a broken record during periods of financial market
volatility.
And, with policy uncertainty and market
volatility
driving Chinese businesses to sit on, rather than invest, large cash balances, the pressure of secular stagnation is growing more severe.
Indeed, it was the lack of stock-market liquidity, together with fragile confidence, that triggered the recent financial-market
volatility.
And, because gold is a highly liquid asset – a key criterion for a reserve asset – central banks can afford to look past its short-term
volatility
to longer-run average returns.
In the current dollar-driven international monetary regime, such an approach would produce too much
volatility.
My answer is a straightforward no, but that the recent episode of global financial market turmoil is likely to be more serious than any period of
volatility
and risk-off behavior since 2009.
This is because there are now at least seven sources of global tail risk, as opposed to the single factors – the eurozone crisis, the Federal Reserve “taper tantrum,” a possible Greek exit from the eurozone, and a hard economic landing in China – that have fueled
volatility
in recent years.
As regulations restrict market makers from providing liquidity and absorbing market volatility, every fundamental shock becomes more severe in terms of risk-asset price corrections.
Redressing past injustice and building an economy that offers opportunity to all are major challenges as well, fraught with volatility, uncertainty, and the dangers of political opportunism.
Extraordinary stock market volatility, both up and down, has continued since.
Immense market
volatility
serves only to reinforce people’s sense that something is really wrong.
A
volatility
feedback loop begins: the more volatility, the more people feel they must pay attention to the market, and hence the more erratic their trades.
This year, tapering is priced in, but uncertainty about the timing and speed of the Fed’s efforts to normalize policy interest rates is creating
volatility.
Volatility
has increased only modestly, while asset prices have held up.
China’s recent relaxation of macroeconomic policy, despite ongoing market volatility, is an important step toward breaking unnecessary barriers to implementing the reforms needed to mitigate systemic risks.
There is a great deal of
volatility
in foreign-exchange markets across the globe, mainly owing to the weakening of the dollar.
Past guidance in this area was limited, focusing entirely on manipulation and on avoidance of short-term
volatility.
Also common to rentier states are short investment horizons, vulnerability to commodity-price
volatility
– euphoria when they surge, crisis when they collapse – and an underdeveloped and uncompetitive manufacturing sector.
First among such sources of uncertainty is the global economy: will
volatility
and imbalances lead to collapse, or will greater multipolarity underpin greater resilience?
Another begins with the view that inequality leads to
volatility
and instability.
Table 1: Household Saving Rate: Difference in Twins and Only Child Households by Income GroupOnly-Child HouseholdsTwin HouseholdsAverage household Saving Rate21.3%12.8%lowest 20% income quintile6.4%-2.9%second lowest quintile18.3%16.6%middle income23.7%10.3%second highest quintile27.4%19.5%highest 20% quintile33.4%25.4%Source: Urban Household Survey 2002-2009Inviting the AvoidableMaybe it is excessive skittishness, or perhaps it is the result of global financial
volatility
in recent years – crises in Mexico in 1994-5, East Asia in 1997-98, Russia in 1998, and then in Brazil, Turkey, and Argentina – but we economists are more concerned about monetary affairs and possible future disasters than we have been in many decades.
Growing “cyber warfare” capacities in many countries add an extra dimension of
volatility
to an already dangerous mix.
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