Describe the background factors that contributed to the Asian financial crisis
What will be an ideal response?
Investors were seeking higher growth and government policies were thought to be very stable and favorable for growth in this region, so there were tremendous capital inflows. Most currencies were pegged to the U.S. dollar and the dollar was appreciating internationally, causing the real exchange rates to be overvalued. Export earnings were damaged by the currency values. These revealed other weaknesses in corporate structures, regulatory systems, and the financial sector, especially in the area of transparency.
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Suppose that reduced barriers to international financial transactions cause an increase in the economy's supply of capital. Explain, step-by-step, how the economy adjusts to arrive at a new long-run equilibrium
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following changes would clearly increase the supply of money in the banking system?
a. an increase in the percentage of money people want to hold as currency and a decrease in the fraction of deposits banks want to hold as excess reserves b. an increase in the percentage of money people want to hold as currency and an increase in the fraction of deposits banks want to hold as excess reserves c. a decrease in the percentage of money people want to hold as currency and a decrease in the fraction of deposits banks want to hold as excess reserves d. a decrease in the percentage of money people want to hold as currency and an increase in the fraction of deposits banks want to hold as excess reserves