Conventional and Insidious Macroeconomic Balance-Sheet Crises

August 22, 2014

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Bas B. Bakker, and Leslie Lipschitz. Conventional and Insidious Macroeconomic Balance-Sheet Crises, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed September 19, 2024

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Summary

This paper describes the anatomy of two types of balance-sheet macroeconomic crises. Conventional balance-sheet crises are triggered by external imbalances and balance sheet vulnerabilities. They typically occur after capital inflows have led to a substantial build up of foreign currency exposure. Insidious crises are triggered by internal imbalances and balance sheet vulnerabilities. They occur in high-growth economies when an initially equilibrating shift in relative prices and resources and credit in favor of the nontraded sector overshoots equilibrium. The paper argues that policymakers are now better able to forestall conventional crises, but they are much less capable of early detection and avoidance of insidious crises.

Subject: Balance of payments, Capital inflows, Current account deficits, Financial statements, Foreign exchange, National accounts, Public financial management (PFM), Return on investment

Keywords: Asset, Balance sheets, Business cycles, Capital account, Capital flows, Capital inflows, Construction boom, Crises, Current account, Current account deficits, Deficit, Emerging market economy, Exchange rate, Financial statements, Foreign exchange, FX assets, Global, Interest rate, Price, Return on investment, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

40
Volume:

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Working Paper No. 2014/160
Stock No:

WPIEA2014160
ISBN:

9781498389044
ISSN:

1018-5941

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