Thursday, January 13, 2011

Currency Tensions Leads To Capital Controls


As you can see for the above graph, curtsy of the Financial Times, foreign policymakers are pulling out all the stops in trying to stop hot money from flowing into their countries in order to stop their local currencies from rising against the USD. Surprisingly, the various capital flows that we have seen to date have been modest at best - Wow you meant it will only get more stringent! Read the whole article here.

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