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However, its members are increasingly facing capital volatility, and there is a sharp decline in the use of Fund resources.
The Fund has no instrument to provide short-term liquidity to emerging markets facing capital
volatility.
Admittedly, it could help members cope better with
volatility
and, therefore, be more open to inflows of short-tern capital, but this need not result in bad policies.
And these policies cannot be constantly fine-tuned to the
volatility
of the moment.
Attempting to do so only fuels further
volatility
(which is what really hurts growth).
Like Chile during Latin America’s period of financial volatility, Ireland’s crisis management was generally good, and high-quality outward-facing institutions, (such as the Industrial Development Authority and the National Treasury Management Agency) presented a consistent and positive image to the world.
The Middle East has been a source of
volatility
and violence for far too long.
Indeed, capital-flow
volatility
could make short work of the flexible exchange rate on offer under ERM II - a 15% fluctuation band either side of a central parity.
On August 15, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon ended the commitment of the United States to a fixed gold price, and since then the world has lived with currency
volatility
and instability.
It can, of course, be argued that these policies produced the “Great Moderation” – the reduction in cyclical
volatility
– that characterized the advanced market economies in the years leading up to 2007.
We also know that stabilization funds - which set aside some of the money earned when prices are high - can help reduce the economic
volatility
associated with natural resource prices.
It should also be obvious that, in the absence of currency markets to act as a “valve” for economic and financial pressures, economic
volatility
may increase.
And that list does not include the perilously unstable Middle East, where the Arab Spring in Libya and Egypt has become a winter of seething discontent; civil war rages in Syria and smolders in Yemen; and Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan form a contiguous arc of
volatility.
Time and experience will help – that is, so long as high
volatility
does not destabilize many economies in the interim.
Moreover, a nuclear Iran would also be perceived as a threat by its other neighbors, which would likely provoke a regional arms race and further fuel regional
volatility.
If
volatility
becomes extreme, some countries may consider imposing constraints on capital outflows, which the International Monetary Fund now agrees might be useful in specific circumstances.
Equity portfolio investment may involve price
volatility
as ownership positions change, but at least it implies a permanent commitment of capital to a business enterprise.
But, taken together, they can stem the
volatility
implied by short-term flows and help to smooth out domestic credit cycles.
Yet this global construct comes under pressure in an environment in which advanced countries have stubbornly high unemployment and bouts of financial
volatility.
With insufficient endogenous healing and no economic escape velocity, the effectiveness of central banks’ policies wanes and political dysfunction increases, leading to financial losses,
volatility
spikes, and huge risk-management challenges.
By and large, the surge in capital inflows has boosted consumption rather than investment in recipient countries, exacerbating economic
volatility
and making painful financial crises more frequent.
Recent
volatility
in stocks and bonds suggests that these risks could prove vexing to financial markets as well.
Many expected the vote to produce severe economic
volatility.
Assuming the foreign oil assets are priced fairly at the time of purchase, the country benefits only when the purchase helps smooth its income; however, purchases may increase income
volatility
even for a country that relies heavily on oil.
Turkey’s Hot-Money ProblemNEW YORK – The ongoing financial
volatility
in emerging economies is fueling debate about whether the so-called “Fragile Five” – Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Turkey – should be viewed as victims of advanced countries’ monetary policies or victims of their own excessive integration into global financial markets.
Although all of the Fragile Five – identified based on their twin fiscal and current-account deficits, which make them particularly vulnerable to capital-flow
volatility
– have adopted some macroprudential measures since the global financial crisis, the mix of such policies, and their outcomes, has varied substantially.
In the past, risks with
volatility
of similar statistical magnitudes were considered to be fungible, and,could flow to whomever was prepared to bear them.
Yes, there will still be volatility, unusual strains, and historically odd outcomes.
Increasingly, the divisiveness of democratic polities reflects a combination of undecided voters, motivated by ephemeral sentiments, and the emergence of political activists, often focused on narrow issues, who exploit electoral
volatility
for their purposes.
The uncertainty and
volatility
in financial markets in the aftermath of the Brexit vote will further cripple demand.
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