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2014.
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| Summary/Abstract |
In contrast with the pre~1997/98, today's emerging Asia registers excess savings. Since early 2000s, the liquidity was further boosted by in?ows of capital including those going through the banking sector. After a brief, yet sharp, interruption at the beginning of the global ?nancial crisis, in?ows resumed albeit of different form and inducted by different agents. Nonetheless, the global liquidity sphere has clearly changed. When the quantitative easing tantrum began in May last year, volatility returned. Largely due to a lack of innovative policy response, the episode of vacillating flows produced repercussions not different than in the past because the incentive system remains unchanged. Consequendy, vulnerability still rises with capital ?ows. The 'rational' response of agents is equally predictable, raising the risk of financial instability and exacerbating the already widening income disparity. Nothing is fundamentally new, everyone continues to "dance with the system."
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