This new CGFS study provides an interesting analysis of the difficulties in cross-border funding markets during the crisis, especially in relation to foreign-currency positions.
This new CGFS study provides an interesting analysis of the difficulties in cross-border funding markets during the crisis, especially in relation to foreign-currency positions.
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/03/wealthy-unload-munis-junk-corporates.html
The conservative, very rich, are leaving their traditional investments. Funding is at risk. It will continue to haemorrhage capital as people see what is likely to happen.
The article describes what happened when imbalances in funding left markets reeling and tries to consider options to ensure no recurrence. There will be more occurrences of these imbalances, but they will not be solved.
As capital flees funding markets, is it going to become calmer and easier to borrow for sovereigns or less easy? This is a trend and again is following what happened in the thirties. It is gathering strength, as people no longer believe the politicians nor the economists in the MSM. They are choosing to invest in anything but paper, some fearing hyperflation, but more correctly, fearing chaos as deflation destroys reckless lenders and borrowers alike.
http://www.interfluidity.com/v2/603.html
Interest rates are rising as currencies devalue against one another. Capital is scarce. And getting scarcer.
How much will Ireland be able to actually borrow?
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/4813
Americans are winning the economic war by skilful use of banking and knowing what deals are being done by their competitors. But does it pay for the cost of their intelligence gathering and wars?