The Emerging market economies and the Great Recession
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The Emerging market economies and the Great Recession Ahmad Seyf Regent’s University London 26 March 2015 University of Cambridge
- Introduction: - The economics and Politics of the Great Recession - Bubbles may look nice, but they are dangerous - Emerging economies and the Great Recession - Conclusion
INTRODUCTION: “…Speculators may do no harm as bubbles on a steady stream of enterprise. But the position is serious when enterprise becomes the bubble on a whirlpool of speculation. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. . . ” (Keynes, 1936, p. 142)
Neoliberalism: - Perpetual international imbalance - Debt-led Consumption in Deficit countries - Export led growth model in Surplus economies.
- The economics and Politics of the Great Recession - Two phases - Feb 2007 with HSBC and others facing life difficult. - Sept. 2008, The Lehman Brothers - The first phase led to a “ financial crisis” but in post Lehman this become an economic crisis, i. e. the Great Recession.
- Conversion of ‘Private sector’ debt, into ‘ public sector’ debt. - Sovereign debt crisis - Globalisation of Austerity. - Little growth, more, recessionary pressure.
- This economic mismanagement has a longer history …. The 1970 s, the Great Stagflation - Three developments: - A return to pre-Keynesian economics - Globalisation encouraged - Financialisation - The Great Recession = failure of this model.
- The root of the problem goes to the 1970 s - The rate of profit falling, and over-capacity emerging - 1 - old and less productive capital stock should have been destroyed and replaced by new investment. - 2 - In the UK and USA, the first part done, but the second. - A process of deindustrialisation set in. - 3 Outsourcing and a restructuring of global manufacturing - 4 - Reorganisation of labour process
LP M C P C’ M’ MP M M’ - Bubbles may look nice, but they are dangerous - A Statistical recovery and a Human Recession
Figure 1: The Great Recession in Global GDP and Trade
Figure 2: Annual Average economic growth, 19952013 (GDP in constant prices)
Figure 3: Annual GDP growth in emerging economies, 2000 -2014
- Decoupling - Re-coupling: Post Lehman panic - Re- decoupling, differentiation among emerging market economies - Initial impact rather weak: why? - Balance sheet not exposed to toxic assets - Little use of derivatives - Little use of credit default swap The impact of the Great Recession is different
Capital inflows stopped International Credit seized up Those with big foreign debt or large deficits were very badly affected - Exports fell - Given the Recession, devaluation did not help to expand exports to get out. Income in foreign currencies declined. - Global GDP down by 6% - Output in Emerging markets down by 4% - This is the average, Europe fell more and Asiacontinued to have positive growth
There was a strong belief that BRICS could act as a new engine for global recovery and growth I do not share this view: These economies, in my view, are structurally weak and dependent, - Not enough was done to enhance domestic demand - Unequal income and wealth distribution like the rest of the world. - In the case of China, too much investment and for India, too much poverty
Table 1: Workers Remittances Table 2: Capital Flows, Export Financing and International Reserves
The overall policy of Bubble creation is being repeated in the emerging market economies China is the biggest and most dangerous example but it is not the only one, South Africa Thailand Turkey, just to name a few. Two reasons for the bubbles in the emerging markets Deeper Recession in the West Less demand for goods
- Hence little motive to invest in the real sector - A kind of ‘ Financial Outsourcing’ - Speculative capital can do nothing but speculate - Where? - Bonds markets - Share markets - Real Estates - Let me say a few words about China
China India South Korea Indonesia
Figure 4: Contribution to World GDP Growth
Figure 5: China’s debt, 2000 -2014
Figure 6: China’s Investment Rate
Figure 7: China’s Property Bubble
- Conclusion - Fundamental change of direction - Bubble, crisis, bubble - Glass-Steagall - Tobin Tax - Redistribution of Income and wealth
- Recession and depression
- Hyperinflaton
- Nbronchitis
- Boom recession depression recovery
- Economics keynesian vs classical
- Boom recession depression recovery
- Fiscal policy effect on interest rates
- Words that rhyme with recession
- Actual and apparent position of gingiva
- Stillman cleft definition
- Market segmentation market targeting and market positioning
- Leader challenger follower
- Dubai emerging market
- Pengertian emerging market
- Economies and diseconomies of scale explain *
- Learning curve and economies of scope
- Explain economies and diseconomies of work specialization
- Southwest asia comprehension check
- Outsourcing defintion
- Sw asian economies comprehension check
- Modern economies in a global age
- Benefits of economies of scale
- Risk bearing economies of scale
- Experience curve benefits
- What is a "forward-falling supply curve"?
- Managing economies of scale in a supply chain
- Managing economies of scale in a supply chain
- Economies of scale ap human geography
- Mixed economies in a sentence
- Chapter 2 lesson 2 mixed economies
- Geography
- Business ethics in a global economy chapter 10
- Sw asia economies cloze notes 1